Ubuqhwaga Emsebenzini

5 Agasti 2025 Londiwe Buthelezi Ubuqhwaga abugcini nje ngokuba yisenzo esenziwa izingane, kodwa kuyenzeka nakubantu abadala. Ukuba isiqhwaga akuvamile ukuthi umuntu akhule ahlukane nakho. Ubuqhwaga buyindlela yokubhekana nezimo futhi kungaba ingxenye yezindlela umuntu omdala azisebenzisa nsuku zonke ukuze athole akufunayo empilweni. Umuntu ohlukunyezwa ngokwengqondo emsebenzini nsuku zonke ubhekene nobungozi bokuba nokwesaba, ukukhathazeka, ukuzwela ngokweqile, nokubonakala…

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We warmly welcome individuals who want to share their stories and insights with our readers. Wholeness Magazine publishes articles on a wide range of topics that positively contribute to living better through holistic mental health. While not every story is “happy” or purely positive, they all aim to inspire hope, understanding, and growth. To make…

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LGBTQI+ & Mental Health

Minority Stress, Identity, and Survival: The wounds you don’t always see Dr Nonhlanhla Zikalala Being queer is not the mental illness, but the world often treats it like one. As a psychiatrist, I’ve seen the damage not from identity, but from invalidation. We don’t pathologise queerness. We pathologise the consequences of chronic rejection, microaggressions, religious…

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Community Mental Health Promotion

Thursday, 10 July 2025 Online 18:00 – 19:00 Register Now Join us for an engaging and informative webinar on Community Mental Health Promotion, where we’ll explore practical strategies and collaborative approaches to supporting mental wellbeing at the community level. This session is designed for mental health professionals, educators, social workers, community leaders and anyone passionate about mental health advocacy. Participants…

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Indlela Abasebenzi Kwezempilo Emiphakathini KwaZulu-Natal Abasiza Ngayo Ukulwa Nenkathazo Yempilo Yengqondo

15 July 2025 Londiwe Buthelezi ENingizimu Afrika, kunabantu abaneziqu zobuchwepheshe bezengqondo (psychologists) nabachwepheshe bezifo zengqondo (psychiatrists) abaningi ngokwanele ukubahlangabezana nezidingo zempilo yengqondo zabantu bonke ezweni lonke. Okunye okudingeka ngokuphuthuma, wukuthi kuqeqeshwe abasebenzi bezempilo emiphakathini ukuze banikeze usizo oluyisisekelo kwezempilo yengqondo futhi benze into abayaziyo abayifundele. Ukubhekakancane ukuthi umsebenzi wokuhambela abagulayo emakhaya ovamise ukwenziwa oNompilo, uhamba…

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Challenging the nexus: Integrating Western psychology and African cultural beliefs in South African mental health care

Thabani Maphanga 22 September 2025 The  growing  discourse  on  African  psychology,  enriched  by  the  contributions  of  thinkers  like  Ratele  (2014,  2017)  and  other  esteemed  scholars,  underscores  the  vital  need  for  a  psychological  framework  that  truly  resonates  with  the   African  context.   This   growing   discourse   critiques   traditional     Euro-American     psychological     frameworks     and  calls  for  a  psychology  that  authentically …

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Ukunakekelwa Kwempilo Yengqondo Okungabizi

Yolanda Mzimela 12 September 2025 Ukunakekelwa kwempilo yengqondo okungabizi eNingizimu Afrika kuyatholakala ngezinhlobo ezahlukene zezinketho, kuhlanganise nezinhlangano ezizimele (NGOs), izinhlangano zomphakathi, kanye nezindawo zokuxhumana zaku-inthanethi. Izinsizakalo ezixhaswe nguhulumeni nazo ziyatholakala, kodwa kuvame ukuba nezikhathi zokulinda ezinde. Izindawo ezithile ezingabizi: Izinhlangano ezingezona ezohulumeni (NGOs) nezinhlangano zomphakathi, okungaba yizinhlangano ezifana ne-SADAG, Lifeline, ne-FAMSA. Ziyanikeza ukwelulekwa ngezindleko eziguquguqukayo…

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Editor’s Note

Wholeness Magazine — Issue 1 Welcome to the very first issue of Wholeness Magazine — a space dedicated to exploring mental health, healing, and the full spectrum of human experience through stories that matter. In launching this publication, our goal is simple yet profound: to create a community where honesty meets empathy, where stigma is…

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