Here’s why you should cut teenagers some slack
Adults aren't the only ones that experience the "hard" life. People assume it's normal for teenagers to always be tired, moody and low in...
Unemployed doctor: ‘Sometimes I can’t wake up because I feel like...
Medical graduates are having a difficult time finding employment as doctors in the public health sector. To qualify as an independent practitioner in South...
National Epilepsy Day: “I have come to accept my illness but...
Bongeka Maduna (33) has been epileptic for over 20 years. She told the Daily Vox about growing up with epilepsy and how she has...
“It’s like an empty battery trying to work” – living with...
Friday, 12 May is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) has been dismissed as "yuppie flu" or "shirker syndrome" in 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...
The mental health system in South Africa is not well, say...
On Tuesday, the University of Pretoria (UP), hosted a colloquium on the state of mental health in South Africa and the issues raised by...
Six reasons why you shouldn’t bother watching Thirteen Reasons Why
At the end of March, Netflix released the series adaptation of the popular young adult novel Thirteen Reasons Why to much enthusiasm. Even though...
An atheist fasts for Lent: Week 4 – Learning to have...
Being atheist doesn’t come without difficulty. It’s like the choice to not have children, or to not get married - or anything that goes...
A letter to a suicidal person
Dear suicidal person,
If you are reading this, it means you're having doubts about suicide. So thank you.
I may not know you or whether this...
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...
Dear Qedani Mahlangu: what have you done to our people?
There’s an oppressive nature about the heat in Atteridgeville as we drive in on Wednesday afternoon. It’s dry and dense, and opening a window...
Just because we can’t see it, doesn’t mean mental illness isn’t...
It was revealed last week that at least 94 mentally ill South Africans died under the state's watch between March and December 2016. The...
Life Esidimeni: The forgotten people of South Africa’s healthcare system
There was once a time when people thought mental illness was demonic possession. Priests used to perform exorcisms, in which the supposedly possessed person...
What repealing ‘Obamacare’ will mean for Americans, and us
The US healthcare plan, dubbed 'Obamacare', marks Barack Obama's career as one of the most decisive and controversial moves he has made in his...
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...
On madness and mental health – “People have different ways of...
The Time of the Writer festival kicked off this week, and this year's theme is "Decolonising the book". Dana Da Silva spoke to MISHKA...
