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Trauma

Israeli jets traumatise African migrant workers
World
/ 3 September 2024

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

By Amélie David and The Continent
Savage Beauty back with a vengeance
Friday
/ 29 July 2024

Savage Beauty back with a vengeance

The second season of the series offers an expanded cast and more corporate dark deeds

By Rolland Simpi Motaung
Disentangle ourselves from our trauma
Thought Leader
/ 21 July 2023

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’

By Skye Scott
A spirit guide to ethical black feminist thinking and praxis
Friday
/ 2 February 2022

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

By Moshibudi Motimele
Mind the toxic workplace
Opinion
/ 31 October 2021

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

By Kelebogile Olivier, Nombulelo Shange and Maria Madiope
‘The children cannot cope any more’: Suicide in Calvinia highlights lack of support for young
Health
/ 18 September 2021

‘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.

By Eunice Masson
Traumatised societies need ethical leaders
Opinion
/ 14 September 2021

Traumatised societies need ethical leaders

The past cannot be erased, but leaders can choose how to respond to it and how to forge a better future

By William Gumede
Q&A Sessions: Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela: ‘How do we repair this brokenness?’
National
/ 5 August 2021

Q&A Sessions: Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela: ‘How do we repair this brokenness?’

Author and academic Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela spoke to Nicolene de Wee about the government’s failure to heal a broken country

By Nicolene de Wee
Intergenerational mental trauma and violence: a two-way street
Opinion
/ 31 July 2021

Intergenerational mental trauma and violence: a two-way street

Our country is wrapped in layers of trauma caused by violence, crime, chronic hunger, deprivations, broken families, exploitation, lack of opportunities, inequality and the omnipresence of death

By Sipho Mamize
Why doctors dread the days the country celebrates
Thought Leader
/ 20 June 2021

Why doctors dread the days the country celebrates

‘Big’ days in sport — or even just weekends — almost always spell an increase in trauma and gender violence. One doctor remembers a day she had to put her compassion aside

By Aneeka Domingo
Q&A Sessions: ‘I’m comfortable in my own wheels’ — Sandile Mkhize
National
/ 1 April 2021

Q&A Sessions: ‘I’m comfortable in my own wheels’ — Sandile Mkhize

Sandile Mkhize opens up how competition reinjected the drive back into his life

By Luke Feltham
Exile, exhilaration and Jonas Gwangwa’s case of the ‘South African Blues’
Friday
/ 29 January 2021

Exile, exhilaration and Jonas Gwangwa’s case of the ‘South African Blues’

The 1990 documentary ‘South African Blues’ offers insight into the effects of exile on Jonas Gwangwa’s psyche

By Kwanele Sosibo
Review: Sam Msibi’s perilous dance on the frontlines
Friday
/ 17 December 2020

Review: Sam Msibi’s perilous dance on the frontlines

Lensman Sam Msibi’s memoir, The Accidental Frontline Journalist, reveals a life irrevocably bound to South Africa’s history

By Hazel Friedman
How embroidery broke the silence around women’s apartheid trauma
Opinion
/ 13 October 2020

How embroidery broke the silence around women’s apartheid trauma

By making embroideries, women move beyond and challenge categories and labels of “being vulnerable” or being perceived as “marginalised”

By Puleng Segalo
The Portfolio: Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo
Article
/ 7 May 2020

The Portfolio: Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo

Photographer Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo’s latest project, Slaghuis, is a recounting of the trauma he experienced growing up in his family’s tavern business

By Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo
Traumatised societies need honest, self-aware leaders
Article
/ 25 August 2019

Traumatised societies need honest, self-aware leaders

Politicians must desist from blaming the actions of the former oppressor for their own decisions

By William Gumede
Betrayal adds to apartheid trauma
Article
/ 22 February 2019

Betrayal adds to apartheid trauma

People sacrificed to achieve liberation but they continue to suffer from poverty and exclusion

By Kim Wale
Dr Sibu Qhogwana
Article
/ 31 August 2018

Dr Sibu Qhogwana

Clinical psychologist

By Kwanele Sosibo
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Article
/ 17 July 2018

Resilience: Secrets of the strong-minded

Can children be made more psychologically ‘resilient’ to traumas?

By Emma Young
Slice of life: Hijacked, but it felt like a movie
Article
/ 29 March 2018

Slice of life: Hijacked, but it felt like a movie

‘I realised I needed to keep quiet because, if I didn’t, I was going to die’

By Tebogo Tshwane

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