By NATION REPORTER
THE Bishops Council of Zambia (BCZ) has blamed the raise in child pregnancies in Easter province on Alangizi (traditional teacher who orient young girls into puberty).
Easter province in January 2024 alone record 2813 Child pregnancies.
BCZ general secretary, Bishop Able Kaela said alangizi when preparing for girl child for puberty go to extremes with their teaching as a result as soon as the girls undergoes the traditional teaching either they fall pregnant or pushed in an early marriage by their parents.
“We can’t allow these people to destroy the young girls all in the name of initiating them in puberty, the Alangizi have taken away the sacredness of the practice and now everything on sex which is so unfortunate CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
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