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The Amazwi Abesifazane (Voices of Women) campaign aims to give marginalised and rural women the opportunity to voice their opinions on service delivery.

The report is focused on workshops held in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Free State in 2009. Ordinary women were asked to tell their own stories around the theme "What Democracy Means to Me".

Rights concerning education and reproduction, and rights granted to children, are particularly contested, the report shows.

"What pains me as a woman is the Termination of Pregnancy Act. I ask that it be demolished [repealed]," said Makhosazana Virginia Dube of KwaZulu-Natal.

Mimi Sauli from Ethekwini agreed, saying: "[It] is not right that children are given permission to have abortions, which is against the will of God. And with regard to the abolition of corporal punishment in schools, parents were not consulted."

"Children who fall pregnant while they are at school will never realise that falling pregnant is wrong," said Zanele Princess Majola, from Ilembe in KwaZulu-Natal.

The report recommends national public hearings on abortion legislation.

Service delivery, healthcare and housing were also key concerns for many.

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May 21, 2012

sarmologadi

Zanele,i fully agree with u....accordin 2 me those unborn children also deserve 2 live in this world as we were given a chance 2...I'ts God's gift
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May 21, 2012

MommaC

Virginia Dube + Mimi Sauli + Zanele Princess Majola

Maybe if you SPOKE to your children about sex then maybe they wouldn't need an abortion. You are the parents - or had you forgotten that? You must also think very seriously about what backstreet abortionists do to these kids. Legal or not, they are going to have abortions and I'd far prefer it to be in a hospital and far away from those butchers.
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May 21, 2012

SeshegoGuY

Let people have Choices--- I support Termination of Pregnancies. This lady (Virginia Dube) brings emotion & her biasedness into the issue. It is a personal choice & people should be allowed to make it
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May 21, 2012

Mosquer

I hate abortion
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May 21, 2012

Socrates

Bring the moral values into society than dumping Western beliefs into Africa, that's where things started going wrong. Parents must be consulted than consulting these so-called experts with western idiologies.
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May 21, 2012

HollaBaby

what about pregnancy from rape?
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May 21, 2012

Ann

cant people use contraceptions , than killing babies mara
@Socrates, how are u my darling??
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May 21, 2012

ntebo

SeshegoGuY
Let people have Choices--- I support Termination of Pregnancies. This lady (Virginia Dube) brings emotion & her biasedness into the issue. It is a personal choice & people should be allowed to make it
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I agree, clearly this women don't read Sowetan to see kids being raped by their fathers and falling pregnant,what are they suppose to do then? those who say it abortion is not right, they have never being in a situation like that, of being raped and falling pregnant, especially when you were VIRGIN
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May 21, 2012

Activeboi

Its against my religion, I have never even adviced my woman to do it. No matter hw hard the setuation is (financially)
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May 21, 2012

JUBJUB

When it come to rape & complications with the pregnancy i dont see any problems,but these people who are making babies like they go to the loo ai no...
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