Safe coping strategies are vital for recovery of rape survivors
The trauma of rape can cause severe emotional distress for the survivor, and feelings of shock, shame, guilt, anger and powerlessness are common. But...
The importance of World AIDS Day
HIV/AIDS remains a major public health issue that affects millions of people worldwide. There were almost 37.7 million people globally living with HIV...
How To Live With Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a mental illness that affects your emotional pattern, self-image, and your relationships with other people. Affecting one out of...
No Record Of 30 Suicide Attempts At Rhodes, University Says
Rhodes University and its Student Representative Council (SRC) have refuted claims floating around on social media that 30 of its students have attempted suicide...
The List: how to manage your anxiety during these times
With the civil unrest spreading in South Africa, many are likely to be experiencing anxiety and fear. If you are feeling any intense emotions,...
Tackling Menstruation Stigma Through Education
For many menstruators around the world, getting ones period for the first time or every time after that is a frightening experience. Not only...
Rape is NOT the ‘new normal’
We’re midway through “Women’s Month†and things are pretty much the same as ever. Rape is a daily occurrence. Women are being murdered every...
You can’t pray mental illness away
October is Mental Health Awareness month in South Africa. South Africa is also a deeply religious country. That’s why it is important to address...
Children’s mental health is important for their present and future
Globally October 10 is marked as World Mental Health Day. It’s a day meant to raise awareness around issues related to mental health. The...
What is autism, and what does it mean to be autistic?
Around one million South Africans are autistic.
But what is autism? Perhaps you read A Curious Case of the Dog in the Night Time or...
Wits Engineering Student Dies After Fall From Braamfontein Building
A male mining and engineering student from Wits University passed away on Thursday night following a fall from a building in Braamfontein. According to...
#COVID-19: 5 Ways To Protect Your Mental Health
Months into 2020 and normal as we know it has disappeared. We’re in the midst of a global pandemic and COVID-19 is spreading across...
Poem: 94+ and counting
who's counting
lifeless bodies mounting
on frozen floors
absent doors
dignity stripped
hope whipped
freedom clipped
who's counting
mute citizens shouting
to deaf ears
crocodile...
After the Bo-Kaap video, how do we support survivors of gender-based...
A viral video uploaded to YouTube in which a woman details allegations of paedophillia against her paternal grandfather has left many of us...
OPINION: Death by suicide: the final symptom of mental illness
Twenty-three people will die from suicide today in South Africa. Another 460 South Africans will try to end their lives today. They are from...
Five ways black bodies resisted conforming to old white traditions in...
The year of asinavalo has come with nothing short of dololo chill. Black bodies have resisted assimilation and conformity with white traditions in various...
Wits To Hold Memorial For Engineering Student
The memorial service of the late Wits Engineering student, Sanele Dhlamini, will be held by the university. Dhlamini passed away after falling from a residence...
All The Times K-pop Put Us Through The Most In 2019
With its beautiful aesthetic, the Korean entertainment industry provides hours of endless entertainment and joy to millions. It’s one of South Korea’s most powerful...
Extreme Pressures and Fetishisation: The K-pop Industry Can Be Toxic
The K-pop industry has been in the spotlight particularly over the past few months as more and more of its idols have been thrust...
In Photos: Annual mental health walk happens on Durban beachfront
On October 9 - a day before World Mental Health Day - a couple hundred people gathered on the Durban beachfront for the seventh...
