DA files human rights complaint over failures to prosecute child rapists [SOUND]

# The DA says thousands of teenage pregnancies highlight a serious breakdown in the government’s system for reporting and prosecuting child sexual abuse. The party has filed a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission because many cases of statutory rape are not being properly reported as required by law. The DA’s Angel Khanyile says this failure means many abusers are not investigated or prosecuted, leaving vulnerable children unprotected: