Teen moms crisis: Outrage over rise in shameful trend By FAITH NYAMAI More by this Author IN SUMMARY The Ministry of Education has identified major causes of teenage pregnancies as lack of parental guidance, lack of sex education in schools…
Global wellness, a day created for awareness on the importance of our wellbeing. We all want a healthy life, not just physically but also emotionally, mentally and spiritually but very hard to maintain 365 days of the year due to…
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By Staff Writer Subscribe A number of pieces of legislation will be considered by president Cyril Ramaphosa’s new administration, according to minister of Justice and Correctional Service, Ronald Lamola, who was presenting to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on…
By Arwa Damon, Ghazi Balkiz, Brice Laine and Aqeel Najm, CNN [ux_video url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtCut1I5G0U”] Baghdad, Iraq (CNN)Nadia’s handshake is strong, but her voice trembles as she says hello. Leaning against a window, she describes in painful detail the twisted journey that saw…
By Michael Gwarisa PEOPLE Living With HIV (PLHIV) have handed over a petition to the Parliament of Zimbabwe in a bid to push government to urgently allocate financial resources to arrest the prevailing drug shortage before the situation goes out of hand. By…
By News24 South African drug mule Nontando Pendu who was imprisoned for nearly 10 years in Thailand after she was caught with 48 bags of heroin strapped to her chest, says she plans to be a human trafficking activist now…
By Bongekile Macupe A number of universities are rolling out critical antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication to their students living with HIV. This means students don’t have to travel far, spend money, miss classes or face the stigma that comes with…
By Sheila Kimani BBC Africa, Nairobi Some parents in Kenya take the secret of their HIV status to their graves, leaving their children ignorant and unwell. Brian Omondi, who was born with HIV, started taking anti-retroviral (ARV) pills when he…
If you are having thoughts about suicide there could also be some behavioural and/or physical changes that could tell you something isn’t right. It might be subtle, but it’s likely that you notice a number of signs rather than just one…
To mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, the Deputy Minister of Social Development, Ms Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu in partnership with the MTN Foundation and the Gauteng Department of Social Development, will on Tuesday, 25 June officially hand…
On the 11th of December 2014 the United Nations General Assembly declared the 21st of June the International Day of Yoga, after it was proposed by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, in order to raise awareness about the…
Cape Town – The Western Cape High Court has referred the Sexual Offences Act back to Parliament for changes, after a convicted rapist committed another rape while employed as a security guard at a crèche. Cassiem Abrahams raped an 11-year-old…
2 June to 9 June 2019 Lets protect our children.
Source: The foundation’s mission is to help people to live free from violence and abuse by providing quality, compassionate, confidential and reliable services that foster self-respect, independence and hope. HOPE to Heal Foundation held a dinner to launch its…
Source: Five years after the notorious gang rape and murder of a 23-year old physiotherapy student on a bus in Delhi, the BBC’s Geeta Pandey asks if India is a better place for women today. First, a recap of…
Source: The Indian Supreme Court has ruled that the controversial practice of instant divorce in Islam is unconstitutional. It is being hailed as a huge victory by rights activists. But the battle was not easy, as the BBC’s Geeta…
JOBURG -– A cancer survivor launches a foundation to help other victims of the disease and other social ills. A Randburg-based cancer survivor believes she is a godsend Samaritan with a mission and message of hope to heal for all…
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