An addiction expert says that South Africa’s drug crisis is worse than most realise, with children targeted and some parents involved.

As Youth Month is celebrated across South Africa, a professional nurse in Duduza highlights the urgent and growing crisis of teenage pregnancy and the collective action needed to address it.

On World Drug Day, a well-known South Korean journalist and former addict, Huh Jae-hyun, spoke out against a short-sighted war on drugs that marginalises rather than reintegrate in society. While loca ...

Despite global efforts to combat drug abuse, South Africa’s Mpumalanga province is facing a growing epidemic, with substance addiction among the youth reaching alarming levels. As the world ...

Alistair McKay’s work mainly explores queerness, mental health, social justice and climate change. In his second novel, The ...

News about Child Abuse and Neglect, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

The Mpumalanga Health Department has denied allegations that an 18-year-old girl who had been gang-raped by five men was turned away from the province's second-biggest hospital.

1The Genesis Foundation, spearheaded by a dedicated team of 16 students from SOS-Hermann Gmeiner International College, has launched a campaign to tackle Teenage Drug Abuse.

The Genesis Foundation, spearheaded by a dedicated team of 16 students from SOS-Hermann Gmeiner International College has launched a campaign to tackle Teenage Drug Abuse.

Pauline Mbangula was sentenced by the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court to eight years of direct imprisonment, with three years ...

Teenager Lhuan-dre Pretorius hit a dazzling 153 on debut and transformed South Africa's fortunes on the first day of the first Test against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club on Saturday.Pretorius, a ...