Londiwe Buthelezi 7 October 2026 World Mental Health Month arrives this year at a genuine inflection point for the continent. In February 2026, the African Union’s 39th Ordinary Session of the Heads of State and Government formally endorsed the AU Common Position on NCDs, injuries, and mental health – a framework validated by member states…
Stella Moll 5 October 2026 OCD is often imagined as a disorder of visible rituals: hands washed until they are raw, doors checked repeatedly, objects arranged with painstaking precision. But for many people, the most distressing part of obsessive-compulsive disorder leaves no outward trace at all. It can be a thought. A sudden image of…
Thembelihle Zwane 5 October 2026 Njalo ngobusika, uDkt Seleme Melato, udokotela wezengqondo osebenza eSandton, eGoli, ubona iphethini efanayo iza emnyango wakhe. Iziguli zifika zizichaza ngokuthi “zikhathele nje”. Zilala ngokwedlulele, zinenkinga yokugxila emsebenzini, futhi zihoxa ukuvakashela abangani. Kwabaningi, lokhu akuyona into engaphezu kokubanda nezinsuku ezimfushane zobusika. Kodwa kwiqembu elincane, isimo sengqondo asikhululeki – siyaqhubeka nokuba nzima….
Thembelihle Zwane 30 September 2026 Ukugeza ngamanzi abandayo. Ukuphuza ijusi kuphela. I-yoga olwandle. Uma wake wazizwa ucindezelekile ngenxa yezindlela eziningi zokuhlala uphilile, awuwedwa – masibingelele ‘ukukhathala ngokwengqondo nangomzimba’ (wellbeing burnout). Abanye bathi impilo enhle uhambo, hhayi indawo yokufika – inqubo eqhubekayo lapho impilo yakho ifakwa kuyo yonke ingxenye yokuphila kwakho. Kodwa kwesinye isikhathi, lokhu kungaphambeka,…
Thembelihle Zwane 28 September 2026 Uyakhumbula yini okwenzeka ngesikhathi sokugcina lapho wagcina ufinyelele ku-‘inbox zero’, noma waqeda wonke umsebenzi ohlwini lwakho lwansuku zonke? Wawuzizwa kanjani? Futhi lowo muzwa wokuphumelela wahlala isikhathi esingakanani? Kungenzeka wabona ama-imeyili eqhubeka nokungena, izingubo ezingcolile zanda futhi ikhalenda lakho ligcwala futhi. Emphakathini wanamuhla ogxile ekufinyeleleni kwezinto, umqondo wokuthi ‘sengiqedile’ ungowesikhashana. Kunokugxila…
Londiwe Buthelezi 21 September 2026 I-ADHD yisimo sengqondo esithinta indlela umuntu (ikakhulukazi ingane) aziphatha ngayo, lapha eba nobunzima bokuhlala endaweni eyodwa, ukugxilisa ingqondo, noma ukulawulwa imizwa namawala. Uma singabonwa, singabangela izinkinga ezinkulu esikoleni, emsebenzini, nasebudlelwaneni. Abaningi abane-ADHD bahlukumezeka ngenxa yezimpawu ezifana nokwenza izinto ngokushesha ngaphandle kokucabanga, ukungahleleki njalo, ukukhohlwa, ukungakwazi ukugxila, kanye nobunzima bokulawula imizwa….
Londiwe Buthelezi 16 September 2026 On 17 September, hospitals and clinics around the world will mark World Patient Safety Day. Most of the conversation on the day tends to focus on protocols, checklists and systems. But in wards and clinics across South Africa, another quieter emergency shapes whether any of those systems actually work: the…
Bianca Latchman Thulsi 14 September 2026 Loneliness is that eerie feeling that grips us without hesitation or compassion. You could lead the most active lifestyle yet feel that overwhelming weight of loneliness. Sometimes it’s unclear where it comes from or what triggers it; however, when the emotion hits, you find yourself in a place of…
Thembelihle Zwane 10 September 2026 USipho Ndlovu waba neminyaka engu-47 ngoMarch bese walahlekelwa umsebenzi wakhe ngoJuni. Ngo-Agasti, uthi, wayeseyekile ukuphendula ucingo oluvela kumfowabo. “Bengiwumuntu okuthi uma abantu benenkinga bagijimele kimi. Manje ngangingakwazi ngisho ukubatshela ukuthi ngiyacwila,” kusho yena. “Lapho engivela khona, indoda ethi ‘angikho kahle’ ayithathwa njengendoda.” USipho akazange azame ukuzibulala. Wayenenhlanhla – umzala wakhe…
Stella Moll 9 September 2026 What Is Main Character Syndrome? Picture yourself walking down a busy street with your headphones on, music playing, convinced, just for a moment, that your life has a soundtrack. Everyone around you becomes part of the scenery, and you are at the centre of the story. Welcome to “main character…
