In the 2014 academic year, Mpumalanga had the second highest pregnancy rate in primary schools basic eduction minister, Ms Angie Motsheka said in a reply to questions posed by the DA’s Mpumalanga deputy leader and Member of Parliament, Ms Sonja Boshoff.
According to these statistics 130 primary school learners fell pregnant in the 2014 academic year, the majority of whom where 13 years and under.
One of these schools that shocked the province was the Matimba Primary School in the Mbombela Muncipality where 11 learners fell pregnant within the space of one year.
