Young people already feel disconnected from the formal sexuality education messages and alienated from reproductive healthcare. A crass ‘teenage pregnancy = statutory rape’ cry will simply exacerbate this. An open letter to Minister of Health Joe Phaahla.

By Catriona Ida Macleod, Deevia Bhana, Nolwazi Mkhwanazi, Sisa Ngabaza, Jess Rucell and Marion Stevens