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Youth Month calls for more than celebration — it calls for stronger families and communities
Fifty years after the 1976 uprising, South Africa faces a critical question: What is the state of its youth? Beyond visible issues like unemployment and poverty, a quieter crisis…
Safer communities start with investing in the mental well-being of our youth
South Africa's youth face immense psychosocial and economic insecurities, stemming from intergenerational trauma, historical injustices, and modern challenges like poverty and…
Blaming the wrong girl for getting pregnant
Adolescent girls and young women are blamed and shamed for falling pregnant, which affects how they are treated, the support they get, and the health services they reive
One in seven mothers in South Africa are teens, data shows
Nearly 365 teenagers give birth in South Africa every day, with 10 of those daily births to mothers younger than 15