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The future of South Africa will not be determined by policy documents alone. It will be shaped by the homes we build, the communities we strengthen, the values we uphold and the opportunities we create for young people
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

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…

  • Cassius Selala
4 min read
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

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…

  • Nozipho January Bardill 1
4 min read
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
ADOLESCENT GIRLS

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

  • Zoe Duby
6 min read
ALL HANDS ON DECK: Women’s health specialists and academics led an outreach at Grassland Secondary School, Mangaung, meeting 200 teens and 50 parents on teen pregnancy solutions, while also training health workers on the issue. (Zozo Nene)
CHILD WELFARE

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

  • Anna-Maria van Niekerk
  • Linda Pretorius
  • Laura Grant
8 min read