Wayne Tewson, an art and design teacher at the Bracken High School in Alberton, Gauteng, wrote the pledge – called Men of Africa – which speaks about how young men have the power to change the current plague of GBV in South Africa.
“We proceed from the principle, as does every other sovereign state that all who live in South Africa must be legally permitted to do so. Police and immigration officials who take bribes in return for making cases go away, for releasing impounded goods or for issuing fraudulent documents must be dealt with firmly,” the President said.
Addressing a Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces recently, the President said the plan strengthens existing measures and introduces new interventions in five principal areas.
These areas include;
Metrorail urges commuters not to climb on top of moving trains to ‘train surf’. Besides the danger of falling off, train surfers can also be electrocuted by power cables.
There are numerous causes of accidents but they can largely be avoided by following a few simple rules, the most basic of which is sticking to the speed limit.
Aarto, which is being introduced to improve law-abiding and safer driving behaviour to reduce road accidents, will be implemented once it has been gazetted.
A monthly payment from government provides a crucial safety net to South Africa’s most vulnerable people.
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. 
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.