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Telecommunications companies MTN and Vodacom have pledged a joint R800m towards network and power upgrades for both rural and urban areas of the Eastern Cape in their 2023/2024 financial budgets. ....
An Eastern Cape principal and teacher, whose school has been flagged by authorities for its high number of teenage pregnancies, have been suspended for allegedly impregnating schoolgirls. ....
Every time statistics on teen pregnancies are released, most of us react with shock. This response is justified not only because of the increasing number of children falling pregnant each year, but also because the ages are getting younger. ....
Teenage pregnancy in the province has become a major concern, as the rate has skyrocketed in some municipalities. The OR Tambo district municipality leads for the second consecutive year, with 1,269 teenage pregnancies reported. Other areas with a high teenage pregnancy rate in the Eastern Cape from January to March 2023 are Alfred Nzo district municipality with 681, Nelson Mandela Bay municipality (506) and Chris Hani district municipality (489). ....
The death toll of people killed in the recent floods that wreaked havoc in some parts of the Eastern Cape has increased to 18 mostly young children while three others, including a two-year-old child, are still missing. ....