Focus: If you were following the news over the festive season, you would've seen reports around Christmas and New Year babies. As much as it was exciting to count babies, the concern was that the mothers are very young. This takes back to the scary problem of teenage pregnancy in the country.

Speculation has been that the young girls are impregnated by older men, but then the health MECs discovered in some cases that the fathers are equally young. What else can we do to deal with the problem of teenage pregnancy once and for all? Also where can we point the finger? To help us navigate this issue, we are joined by....

 

Guest: Dr Sibusiso Mkhwanazi - Department of Education in KwaZulu-Natal

 

Guest: Gaopalelwe Phalaetsile - Journalist and Gender Activist

 

Guest: Dr Nozipho Mvune - Demographer and Senior Researcher