Trauma
latest news & developmentsKagiso Lesego Molope wants us to remember what we inherit
South African-Canadian novelist Kagiso Lesego Molope's latest work, 'We Inherit the Fire', delves into the devastating impact of apartheid on families and black women, exploring…
Dreaming of justice in Philisiwe Twijnstra's magical worlds
Philisiwe Twijnstra's collection, 'Flying Cows and Other Traumas', draws half its 15 short stories from dream states, blending magical realism, speculative fiction, and fantasy.…
What does it mean to forgive? A play asks, 30 years after the TRC
Drawing from archives and lived experience, the international production probes the emotional and political complexities of reconciliation in a fractured world
Exploring the fabric of family and identity in Lebo Mazibuko’s Fabrics of Love
Lebo Mazibuko’s second novel, Fabrics of Love, looks at themes of family trauma, black womanhood, absent fathers and heritage
Zionism, trauma and the psychology of supremacy
Zionism blends Jewish trauma with settler-colonial power, creating a narcissistic identity that justifies supremacy and erases Palestinian existence.
Stop ignoring the heavy drinking red flags
It will take more than policy to change South Africans’ excessive use of alcohol; we all need to take part in the Sober Curious movement
Between the lines: What South African stories reveal about men’s mental health
What happens when men can’t ask for help? These South African books offer raw, revealing answers
Trauma is hampering the education of South Africa’s children
Teachers, especially those in schools where violence, drugs and gangsterism are a daily reality, need to become ‘trauma informed’
Lesedi Molefi’s Patient 12A is a whirlpool of consciousness
Lesedi Molefi’s memoir Patient 12A explores his battle with mental illness.
Israeli jets traumatise African migrant workers
Many of Lebanon’s domestic migrant workers are haunted by memories of the Beirut port explosion four years ago
Savage Beauty back with a vengeance
The second season of the series offers an expanded cast and more corporate dark deeds
Disentangle ourselves from our trauma
‘We can deny our experience but our body remembers,’ Jeanne McElvaney wrote in her book, ‘Spirit Unbroken: Abby’s Story’
A spirit guide to ethical black feminist thinking and praxis
bell hooks’s refusal to ‘get in formation’ foregrounded healing as the foundation to a communal liberatory agenda
Mind the toxic workplace
While people are taking mental health more seriously, the commodification of workers can turn a job into a toxic space that depletes more than it uplifts
‘The children cannot cope any more’: Suicide in Calvinia highlights lack of support for young
How Covid-19 has intensified the physical and emotional burdens placed on children’s shoulders.