ATM calls for underage pregnancy declared a national pandemic [SOUND]

# The African Transformation Movement has called on government to declare underage pregnancy a national pandemic. Alarmed by over two-thousand-700 girls aged ten-to-14 giving birth in a year, including more than 100 cases in the Eastern Cape, the ATM cites systemic failures, lack of reproductive health services, and sexual abuse as key drivers. ATM’s Zama Ntshona urges comprehensive sexuality education, and support for young mothers to break cycles of exploitation and poverty: