Girls as young as 10 have reportedly given birth to dozens of babies in South Africa, prompting rape inquiries.
Local media reports indicated that recent data revealed an increasing number of young girls have given birth.
The girls are reported to have given birth in South Africa’s Gauteng province.
Reports say some cases of statutory rape are being probed.
The girls between the ages of 10 and 14 gave birth to the 934 babies within one year, the Gauteng health minister disclosed at the provincial parliament, reports say.
South Africa’s legal age of consent is 16.
The legal age of consent in South Africa is 16. A number of the persons who impregnated the girls are said to be underage.
However, reports say some teenage girls in South Africa are preyed upon by older so-called “sugar daddies”.
Additionally, reports say some teachers have been implicated in the past.
