Bittersweet day for the African child

The then Organisation of African Unity and its successor, the African Union commemorates the event annually, with a focus on African leaders uplifting their children, particularly in the area of education. This year, the day’s theme was ‘A Child-friendly, Quality, Free, and Compulsory Education for all Children in Africa’. MMEGI news crew witnessed various commemorations of the day

At the Old Naledi Kgotla Mmegi correspondent NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE, heard that the ward popularly known as ‘Zola’ has one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancies of girls below 15 years of age, with authorities ascribing the trend to parental neglect.