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The tattoos on Zandile Simelane’s arms tell a story that most people can’t read. Hidden beneath the delicate blue ink of flowers and butterflies, dull white scars rise, remnants of the time when cutting herself seemed like the only way to express how much she was hurting. (Bhekisisa)

Cutting: Why teens turn to self-harm when they don’t have words for their pain

For some teenagers, emotional pain manifests as deliberately cutting, burning, hitting, biting, scratching or picking at their skin

  • Eyaaz
8 min read

Mental health of South African youth needs urgent attention

In addition to a high rate of unemployment, poverty and inequality, the youth have been exposed to violence and food insecurity since childhood

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read