For mental health support contact our HELPLINE on 010 880 3334 or Whatsapp 066 323 6869 | 081 516 5178
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24 Jun
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Volunteering opportunities at HEAL SA

  • June 24, 2024
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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. Volunteering opportunities at HEAL SA: https://hashtagnonpr...

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16 Jun
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Mental health of South African youth needs urgent attention

  • June 24, 2024
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Although 1994 brought hope and positive change, the socioeconomic status of our country has progressively deteriorated, leading to some...

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27 May
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NGO Throws Lifeline To Off-campus Students

  • May 27, 2024
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Mental wellness activist, Mpadi Makgalo, attributes the spike in suicide cases among young people, in most instances, to a feeling of n...

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20 May
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Unseen Struggles of Off-Campus Students: Mpadi Makgalo

  • May 20, 2024
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HEAL SA CEO Ms Mpadi Makgalo in conversation with Mxolisi Masango on SABC, ‘the Agenda’ discussing the state of university student’s me...

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15 May
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HEAL SA provides easy access to Mental Health Services for Off-Campus University Students

  • May 15, 2024
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HEAL SA is pleased to announce its initiative to provide free counselling services to off-campus university students nationwide. HEA...

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26 Feb
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HEAL SA Suicide Prevention Initiative

  • February 26, 2024
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Crystal Orderson speaks to Mpadi Makgalo, HealSA Founder.

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29 Sep
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On the couch: Heal SA Founder

  • September 30, 2023
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Saskia speaks to Mpadi Makgalo, the founder of Heal SA. You can contact the organisation on heal-sa.org.za or on 010 880 3334 or on Wha...

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Freedom Day

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Freedom Day 2023 Today marks 47 years since the historical landmark uprising of June 16 in 1976, yet our collective trauma lingers l...

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Youth Day 2023

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Youth Day 2023 Today marks 47 years since the historical landmark uprising of June 16 in 1976, yet our collective trauma lingers lik...

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South Africa’s Mental Health Awareness Month 2023

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South Africa’s Mental Health Awareness Month 2023 Given where we are as a nation, it certainly is not unreasonable to assume a pessi...

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🎥 The Pressing Question: On Youth Day 2026 As par 🎥 The Pressing Question: On Youth Day 2026 As part of our Youth Day photo walk through Soweto, we asked young people a series of pressing questions about mental health and the realities they face every day. For this edition, we asked one young man: 💬 "Does the pressure to be strong stop young Black people from speaking up about their mental health struggles?" 💬 "What word or phrase in your own language best describes mental health?" His response sheds light on a challenge many young people face: the expectation to always be strong. When vulnerability is seen as weakness, mental health struggles are often kept silent, reinforcing the stigma that already exists within many communities. When asked how mental health is described in his own language, he reflected on the fact that there is no direct word for it. After some thought, he chose a phrase that translates to "find yourself"—a powerful reminder that mental health is also about self-understanding, self-awareness, and reconnecting with who we are. As we commemorate 50 years since the Soweto Uprising, we continue to listen to the voices of young people and the conversations that can help shape a healthier future. What word or phrase would you use to describe mental health in your language? #YouthDay #June16 #RESET50 #HealSA #YouthMonth #MentalHealth #Soweto1976
Nobody tells you that university can break you a l Nobody tells you that university can break you a little. The deadlines, the debt, the loneliness. The feeling that everyone else has it figured out. You're not the only one carrying that. Heal SA × Respublica Student Living are coming to your space on Monday, 22 June with something different — a campaign built around what students actually need: honest conversations, practical tools, and community. 📅 22 June 2026 · 11:00 – 13:30 · Venue TBC This is your month. Come through. 🇿🇦 #YouthMonth #HealSA #Respublica #MentalHealth #StudentWellness
Today, Business Day features Heal SA and the youth Today, Business Day features Heal SA and the youth mental health crisis tearing through South Africa. On Youth Day, we must face this truth: 1976 was about bullets. 2026 is about breakdowns. In 1976, youth marched against a system that denied them voice, dignity, and education. They risked their lives so future generations could be free. Their struggle was external, apartheid, police dogs, tear gas. You could see the enemy. In 2026, youth wake up fighting battles no one sees. Anxiety at 3am. Depression masked as “I’m fine.” Burnout before age 25. Unemployment. Digital pressure. Trauma passed down. The enemy now is internal, silent, and everywhere. This is the youth mental health crisis. The freedom fighters of 1976 bled for our bodies. The youth of 2026 are bleeding in their minds. Both deserve liberation. So the question today is: Who will march for our minds? Government: Policy without psychology is empty. We need mental health budgeted like infrastructure. Clinics in every township. Psychologists in every school. NHI must include mental healthcare as a right, not a privilege. Communities: Healing starts at home. We must unlearn “ukizithoba” — the silence that kills. Check on your brother. Listen to your sister. Create spaces where “I’m not okay” is met with “I’m here,” not judgment. Communities must become containment. Private sector: You cannot profit from youth and ignore their pain. Wellness can’t be a perk for executives only. Fund counseling, fund peer support, fund initiatives that are providing mental health services to youth. June 16, 1976 proved youth have power when they stand together. June 16, 2026 demands we stand together again, not with stones, but with support. To the youth reading this: Your mind matters. Your pain is not weakness. You are not alone. We walk each other home. Read today’s Business Day. Share it. Speak up. Heal SA. #YouthDay2026 #HealSA #MentalHealthIsHealth
50 years ago today, young people in Soweto marched 50 years ago today, young people in Soweto marched for the right to be educated in their own language. They were met with bullets. They did not stop. Today we honour them, not just with remembrance, but with action. The youth of 1976 fought for a future. The youth of 2026 are still fighting to access it. For jobs. For safety. For mental health support. For the right to be well in a country that has asked so much of its young people. At Heal SA, we exist because that fight isn't over. And we walk alongside every young South African carrying the weight of a system that still has too many barriers. RESET@50. The future calls. We answer. 📞 010 880 3334 | 💬 066 323 6869 | heal-sa.org.za #YouthDay #June16 #RESET50 #HealSA #YouthMonth #MentalHealth #Soweto1976
Nolwazi Zondo, CEO of Rehearse & Release and Drama Nolwazi Zondo, CEO of Rehearse & Release and Drama Practitioner at AFDA, presents the findings of the Family Stigma group at the SOYA 2026 Re-Imagined Ministerial Youth Dialogue. The shame of being seen. A culture where asking for help doesn't exist. Treatment that fits a textbook — not a person, not a community. These are the findings. They're going into the Mandate, and they travel with Heal SA to the State of the Youth Address on 15 June at the Homecoming Theatre, District Six, Cape Town. To attend the SOYA Register here: https://wkf.ms/4nBttQ9 #TheMandateZA #HealSA #SOYA2026 #YouthMentalHealth #AccessAndEquity
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