‘Open your books and close your legs’- Limpopo health MEC slammed over back to school message

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“Some young people have contracted HIV/Aids because they are with older people, they want blessers. The smartphone and Brazilian hair they bought you doesn't come for free, it comes with a disease. We should ban these Brazilian hair extensions in our schools,” said MEC Phophi Ramathuba.

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“Some young people have contracted HIV/Aids because they are with older people, they want blessers. The smartphone and Brazilian hair they bought you doesn’t come for free, it comes with a disease. We should ban these Brazilian hair extensions in our schools,” said Ramathuba.

“To the girl child I say: Open your books, and close your legs. Don’t open your legs, open your books. Thank you very much!” she added.report on teenage pregnancy revealed that 33,899 births registered in 2020 were to mothers aged 17 years and younger. More than 600 of the girls were aged between 10 and 13 years.

Figures for national deliveries in facilities by the Department of Health revealed that 132,612 girls aged 15 to 19 fell pregnant in 2020 and a further 35,209 between January and March 2021. On social media, many slammed Ramathuba for giving “deeply problematic” advice, saying she should be telling “the boys to keep their zips closed”. ‘To the girl child: open your books and close your legs’ - says the *Health* MEC.

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The message can be packaged in more palatable, hip…way, the only way kids that age can relate with

Someone should have said it long ago. Well done. Now stick to your guns and make them work. Same goes for teachers.

O le tsa thobalano 🙄

Thanks MEC...it's no longer popular but it'still effective...you forgot the zip as well.

She pretends to be Mrs God

Whites will listen and follow, not black students never

brutal truth..tell them

How do you insult children like this?

My 6 year old started school on an empty stomach yesterday. She came back and there was till no food💔😭. I'm struggling to find employment and in my struggle my family is suffering. Please assist us with mealie meal🙏🏻. We'll eat it with sugar water🙇‍♂️

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