Bobonong teen pregnancy crisis

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Bobonong village has this year recorded an alarming number of school dropouts due to pregnancy. About 34 students from Matshekge Senior Secondary School and 16 pupils from primary schools as well as six students from junior schools have so far dropped out of school.

This coupled with the high number of rape cases, 15 cases as at June this year, prompted the police to embark on a house-to-house campaign in partnership with local clusters to sensitise the community about the situation.

Officer Commanding, Selebi-Phikwe Policing District Senior Superintendent Takongwa Mazwiduma said major issues in the campaign that started on Monday last week were rapes and stated that they have recorded three home invasions where perpetrators invaded homes to rape victims. No arrests were made.

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