REVEALED: KZN Sugar Daddies told to stay away from teenage girls by the MEC
This warning comes at a time of increased issues surrounding young girls in KZN.
Last week, the KZN Health MEC addressed a number of issues plaguing young people.
An increase in teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and HIV as brought up in the three-day youth conference in the Impaphala area has lead to MEC Nomagugu Simelane voicing her opinion.
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As reported by IOL, Nomagugu urged young people to keep themselves healthy and take every precaution in ensuring their safety.
She said from recent statistics, 1,300 girls were getting infected with HIV every week in the country, while there were a reported 18,550 births by girls aged 10 to 17 in KwaZulu-Natal during the 2019/20 financial year alone.
One of the major topics brought up concerned older men who prey on very young girls. Often times this can be defined as a predator.
However, glucose guardian/sugar daddy relationships have been gaining more traction in Mzansi.
'Sugar Daddies' are older men who facilitate a transactional relationship, typically characterised by an older wealthier person and a younger person in need of financial assistance.
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“They know that it’s easy for these children to be submissive because the relationship is uneven. It’s not just a problem for girls. Sugar daddies must leave our children alone. Leave our children alone so that they can grow up. There’s nothing wrong with a 20-year-old growing up with a 20-year-old, because they get to grow up and develop together. Let’s all look inward and change these things.”
One of our very own listeners, who is a 19-year-old girl, shares one of her numerous DMs she has received from sugar daddies seeking her attention.
See a screenshot image below:
As you can see, this threat is leading to numerous issues for the young girls who reside in our province.
The MEC says: "We need to change that, because teenage or unplanned pregnancy is a problem that we as a society must address and deal with.”
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