Schoolgirl Pregnancy
latest news & developmentsBack to school for gymslip mothers
A ‘revolutionary’ learner pregnancy policy will enable teen moms to get back to school earlier.
Pregnancy’s not the end of schoolgirls’ dreams
Don’t drop out of school – you have a responsibility to yourself and your child, says a young mother now studying to be a teacher.
Sugar daddies: Shame the blessers, not the blessed
Her friend still bears the stigma of a schoolgirl affair with a sugar daddy. Pontsho Pilane asks: Why the double standards?
School gives hope to pregnant girls
Pretoria Hospital School does not condone early pregnancy, but offers girls the chance to continue learning in a non-judgmental environment.
Rights of pregnant pupils upheld
But the Constitutional Court is divided on how the government intervened to protect these rights.
Concourt to rule on suspension of pregnant pupils
Two Free State school governing bodies will know whether they acted lawfully in suspending two pregnant high school girls.
Rasta: ‘I have a right to be at school’
Activists cite dreadlock case as the latest example of government’s lack of clear direction to schools.