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A monthly payment from government provides a crucial safety net to South Africa’s most vulnerable people.

The devastating effects of Gender-Based Violence can cause women to experience various mental health disorders.

Many people who access services at psychiatric hospitals have in one way or another been impacted or affected by Gender-Based Violence (GBV).

This is according to Clinical Psychologist Robyn Travers, who works at the Department of Health’s Tara The H. Moross Hospital (also known
as Tara Psychiatric Hospital) in Johannesburg.

Every 40 seconds, someone loses their life to suicide. This is according to the World Health Organisation(WHO).

World Mental Health Day, on 10 October, sees the world unite to improve people’s mental health around the world. This year’s theme is suicide prevention.

Residents of Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape, now have access to quality healthcare right at their door step.

This is after President Cyril Ramaphosa officially launched the National Health Insurance (NHI)-ready Lusikisiki Village Clinic.

Lying about your qualifications could now lead to jail time, according to the new National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Amendment Act which aims to prevent the misrepresentation of qualifications and fraud.

President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the NQF Amendment Act 12 of 2019 into law on 13 August and it was published for general information on 19 August. It will come into effect when it is made public in the Government Gazette.

Josephine Peta, the Senior Legal Officer at the Office of the Family Advocate, said that according to Section 18 of the Children’s Act, children are not the subjects of parental authority but people with their own rights.

This means that even if you have been abused by your co-parent, you cannot deny your children conditional access to them, even in cases where the co-parents have taken out restraining orders against each other.

The exception is when the children themselves have been abused. In such cases, a protection order should be taken out on their behalf.

The construction industry has for a long time been perceived as the domain of men but thanks to pioneering women and organisations such as South African Women in Construction (SAWIC), this perception is being challenged.

SAWIC is a non-profit organisation that was established in 1999 to empower women to gain access to business opportunities, training, finance and networks in the construction industry.

Aco-operative run by a group of young people in Mtubatuba in northern KwaZulu-Natal has the potential to create jobs for locals and to boost the community’s economy.

Janitor Co-operative – which has eight members, most of whom are women – manufactures furniture and clothing.