Thembelihle Zwane 10 June 2026 Walk into almost any public clinic in KwaZulu-Natal as a transgender woman seeking hormone therapy, and the experience is likely to follow a familiar and exhausting script. The nurse at the desk does not know what you need. The doctor cannot refer you anywhere. You are sent to another facility,…
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 9 June 2026 For the average South African, looking at a monthly bank statement can feel like navigating an extreme sport. Between balancing school fees, rising utility tariffs, and the general cost of living, simply making it to the next payday often takes priority. A recent Financial Literacy in South Africa survey highlighted…
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….
Warren Moult 5 June 2026 Loyalty is one of the rarest things left in the world. Not loud loyalty. Not the kind that performs for crowds or speaks in grand speeches when life is easy, and everyone is watching. Real loyalty is much quieter than that. It lives in the unseen moments. In the moments…
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…
Why More South Africans Are Being Encouraged to “Own Their Number” This World Hypertension Month Londiwe Buthelezi 27 May 2026 Hypertension has quietly become one of South Africa’s most urgent public health threats. As the country marks World Hypertension Month 2026, healthcare experts are calling on South Africans to “Own Their Number” – to understand,…
Thabisile Gumede 25 May 2026 On Africa Day, 25 May 2026, the South African Royal Princesses Network (SARPN) convened a landmark online event that wove together themes of heritage, womanhood, and mental wellness. Under the theme African Royal Women Leading the Future of the Continent, the inaugural webinar drew representatives from multiple kingdoms across South…
Gugu Madonsela 21 May 2026 The final day of Articulate Africa, a packed three-day Art and Book Fair running from Monday through to Wednesday (18-20 May 2026), culminated in a deeply moving panel discussion that felt less like a formal presentation and more like a sanctuary for human truth. Over its multi-day program, the fair…
