WATCH: Ramathuba slammed for ‘don’t open your legs’ remark
Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba has been slammed in some quarters faced after a video of her giving advice to pupils went viral. In the video she can be heard saying to pupils “open your books and close your legs”.
Ramathuba was speaking at Gwenane secondary school in Sekgakgapeng, outside Mokopane on Wednesday.
She visited the school to monitor the first day of the new academic year.
The MEC told the pupils to focus on their studies and not on sexual activities in order to reduce teenage pregnancy at schools.
“Some young people have contracted HIV/AIDS because they are dealing with older people, they want blessers, the smartphone they bought you comes with a disease. Actually, we should ban these Brazilian hair extensions in our schools,” said Ramathuba.
There has been plenty of reaction from people on social media.
‘To the girl child: open your books and close your legs’ - says the *Health* MEC. @PhophiRamathuba - this kind of narrative to young children is deeply problematic. Shifts responsibility to girl children to shoulder the burden of safe sex practices & rape culture. It’s rubbish. https://t.co/wBC3VXij74
— Siviwe Gwarube (@Siviwe_G) January 12, 2022
Where’s the 👌🏾👌🏾 clip about what boys must do? Or better yet, teachers who are raping school children, Pastors raping school children, Uncles and fathers raping children. https://t.co/wcZhF6qOx0
— Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng (@drtlaleng) January 12, 2022
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