Phansi with blessers: sugar daddies ‘destroying the nation’ as STIs spike among girls

KZN records worrying statistics of sexually transmitted infections in the ages between 15 and 24

04 December 2022 - 15:40 By TIMELIVE PREMIUM

Blessers and sugar daddies are to blame for KwaZulu-Natal's high rates of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases among young women in the province...

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