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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

Between the lines: What South African stories reveal about men’s mental health

What happens when men can’t ask for help? These South African books offer raw, revealing answers

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
File photo: A protester is seen holding a transgender flag during a demonstration. The organisation Trans Zorg Nu (Trans Care Now) organised a demonstration in Amsterdam against the poor state of transgender health care, the long waiting lists, and to demand a structurally different transition care system based on self-determination and decentralisation.(Photo by Ana Fernandez/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Examining the Cass Review: Impacts on gender dysphoria treatment in South Africa

If we are concerned with the best interests of children, let’s be open minded and keep talking, respectfully

  • Des Erasmus
17 min read