The Pixley Ka Seme district municipality hosted an adolescent and Young People Dialogue this past Friday, 20 October 2023 at the MultiPurpose Centre in De Aar. The Pixley Ka Seme district municipality shares on their official social media that this dialogue was hosted in partnership with different government departments, the civil society and the 8 Local municipalities.
They further add that the purpose of the day was to create a platform for the youth to tackle societal issues they are faced with and amongst the topics that formed part of the dialogue was Gender Based Violence being the umbrella to teenage pregnancy, HIV&Aids, Sexually Transmitted Diseases as well as substance abuse. The municipality says statistics have shown that the Northern Cape has the 2nd Highest Teenage pregnancy rates in South Africa after KZN, thus a further aim of this program was to bring awareness of prevention methods to these societal issues. It is further added that throughout the day the department of health was offering testing services for TB and Hiv/Aids
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