Category: Mental Health & Wellness

Londiwe Buthelezi 20 July 2026 Noma ubani ofuna usizo lwezempilo yengqondo eNingizimu Afrika kungenzeka ukuthi useke wahlangana nala magama amabili wazibuza ukuthi asho into efanayo yini. Awasho into efananyo. Nakuba bobabili odokotela bengqondo besebenzela ukusiza abantu ukuthi baphathe kahle impilo yabo yengqondo nemizwa, ukuqeqeshwa kwabo, amathuluzi abawasebenzisayo, kanye nohlobo lokunakekelwa abalunikezayo luhluke kakhulu. Ukuqonda lo…

Stella Moll 16 July 2026 Seeking help for your mental health can feel overwhelming, and the confusion between psychiatrists and psychologists often adds to that uncertainty. While both play essential roles in supporting mental well-being, their expertise differs. Psychiatrists are medical doctors who diagnose mental illnesses and prescribe medication, while psychologists specialise in therapy, psychological…

Stella Moll 3 July 2026 At 8 am, she is answering emails. By 10 am, she is leading a team meeting. By lunchtime, she has reassured a client, met a deadline and smiled through every interaction. To her colleagues, she appears confident, capable and completely in control. What they do not see is the anxiety…

Gugu Madonsela 15 June 2026 Njengoba iNingizimu Afrika nezwe lonke ilungiselela ukugubha uSuku Lwomhlaba Lokuqwashisa Ngokuhlukunyezwa Kwabantu Abadala (World Elder Abuse Awareness Day) mhlaka 15 Juni, izazi zempilo nezenhlalakahle ziveza iqiniso elibuhlungu ngenkinga efihlekile emakhaya ethu: lona wumkhuba wokuhlukunyezwa kwabadala ngokwezimali. Izazi zezempilo nezenhlalakahle, ziveza izigameko zokuhlukunyezwa kwabantu abadala emakhaya – ukuhlukunyezwa ngokomqondo. Ukuvezwa kwalezizehlakalo,…

Thembelihle Zwane 9 June 2026 Every day, roughly 23 South Africans take their own lives. Of those, an estimated 80% are men. In a country already grappling with soaring unemployment, rampant gender-based violence, and a chronically underfunded public health system, the mental health of men has become what experts are calling a quiet, lethal epidemic…

Londiwe Buthelezi 7 June 2026 Njengoba iNingizimu Afrika igubha uSuku Likazwelonke Labasindile Emdlavuzeni (National Cancer Survivors Day) kuleli sonto, odokotela baveza impi engabonakali ekhungethe abasindile ngisho isifo semukile: lolu uvalo lwe-‘Scanxiety’ olubuyisa ihlazo nokuphazamiseka kwengqondo njalo uma kusondela isikhathi sokuyohlolwa emishinini. Ngaleli banga lonyaka ka-2026, lo mkhuba usubonwa njengenselelo enkulu edinga ukubhekwana nayo ngqo emikhakheni…

Thabisile Gumede 6 June 2026 The first signs came after loss. Two weeks after his mother died, Nduduzo Kheswa noticed his grandmother was not the same. The woman who had raised him, who had been his mother in every way that mattered, was beginning to forget. She forgot things. She forgot people. She forgot him….

Thembelihle Zwane 1 June 2026 Amid a growing national focus on the structural gaps in public healthcare, South African medical professionals are warning of a quiet epidemic: the deep, long-term psychiatric scars left by early childhood trauma. Once dismissed as experiences a child would naturally “outgrow,” early adversity is now recognised by local health authorities…

Stella Moll 11 April 2026 For Ella Cronje, the trauma of a suicide attempt was followed by a chilling silence. After being treated in the ICU – where she felt judged by staff for a crisis that was “her fault” – she was discharged within 24 hours. No one asked why she did it; no…

Thembelihle Zwane 20 March 2026 On paper, it sounds simple: jot down a few things you’re grateful for each day. We know we should appreciate a warm bed, birdsong at the window, or a peaceful morning. Yet sometimes there’s a gap between what we know is “good” and what we actually feel. Decades of research,…