For mental health support contact our HELPLINE on 010 880 3334 or Whatsapp 066 323 6869 | 081 516 5178
For mental health support contact our HELPLINE on 010 880 3334 or Whatsapp 066 323 6869 | 081 516 5178

For mental health support contact our HELPLINE on 010 880 3334 or Whatsapp 066 323 6869 | 081 516 5178
For mental health support contact our HELPLINE on 010 880 3334 or Whatsapp 066 323 6869 | 081 516 5178

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Disrupting the Status Quo: The SOYA2026 Youth Ment Disrupting the Status Quo: The SOYA2026 Youth Mental Health Dialogue! Yesterday, HEAL SA led a deeply moving, raw, and transformative Ministerial Youth Mental Health Dialogue in Parktown, Johannesburg. Hosted in proud collaboration with Citizen Code and the African Leadership Initiative South Africa (ALI-SA), the room became a sacred sanctuary for radical honesty, healing, and systemic alignment. We brought together the blueprint of our ecosystem: brave youth with lived experiences, mental health experts, and pioneering implementing partners including the University of Johannesburg, Safer City, Higher Health, Vimbo Health , AFDA, iHealth, Spiritual Restoration Centre and Bare Mind, When you put youth narratives at the center of the table alongside clinical innovation and policy leadership, the conversation shifts from merely surviving to collectively thriving. From institutional student support systems to digital mental health solutions and trauma-informed care, we didn't just discuss the problems—we mapped out actionable pathways for the future. The insights shared yesterday proved that healing is no longer an individual struggle; it is a national, collective imperative. As we head toward the State of the Youth Address next month, the momentum has officially been set. 🇿🇦🗣️ @citizencode @baremind_za @SaferCity @HigherHealth @vimbo_health @tsholo_tema #SOYA2026 #YouthMentalHealth #HEALSATogether #TheStoryHeals #MentalHealthMatters #ALISA #CitizenCode #SouthAfricaYouth
We said 20 experts. Here's what that actually mean We said 20 experts. Here's what that actually means. When we say round-table, it's easy to picture the same room that's always been in charge. That's not this. → Clinicians who carry the weight of cases no one wants to acknowledge — every day, with limited resources and no national mandate to back them up. → Activists who didn't choose advocacy — they were pushed there by a system that failed them personally. They know what inadequate looks like from the inside. → Young people who don't need a study to tell them what's missing. They've been living the gap. They show up anyway. → Researchers who have spent years building the evidence base that policymakers should have been reading all along. They have the receipts. 20 voices not usually in the same room at the same time. On 20 May in Johannesburg, they will be. The mandate isn't being handed down from above. It's being built from inside the room. Part of the State of the Youth Address (SOYA 2026) dialogue series. 📍 Johannesburg · 20 May 2026 💬 066 323 6869 (WhatsApp) 🌐 heal-sa.org.za
Week 2 of the Imbokodo Healing Circle. The room s Week 2 of the Imbokodo Healing Circle. The room shifted when Guest Speaker Ms Tsholo Tema put it plainly: Substance abuse is not a character flaw. It's not bad parenting. It's not "how you raised them." It is a brain disorder — and understanding that changes everything. It moves us from shame to strategy. From "What did I do wrong?" to "How do we manage this together?" We talked Nyaope, crystal meth, alcohol. What these substances do to the brain. What they do to the family. What they do to a mother who's trying to hold it all. Four sessions left. The circle is still open. 📍 Katlehong Resource Centre · Every Wednesday · 12:00–13:30 📞 066 323 6869
The conversation has been happening in whispers. O The conversation has been happening in whispers. On 20 May, it becomes a mandate. Heal SA is bringing together 20 experts — clinicians, activists, researchers, and young people with lived experience — for a ministerial dialogue on youth mental health in Johannesburg. 20 experts. 1 round-table. 1 city. This isn't a conference. It isn't a panel. It's a working dialogue — where real insights get surfaced, real tensions get named, and real change starts to take shape. Part of the State of the Youth Address (SOYA 2026) dialogue series — a national, youth-led platform reimagining what leadership looks like when young people lead. The insights from this room travel to Cape Town on 15 June. This is where the national mandate begins. 📍 Johannesburg · 20 May 2026 💬 066 323 6869 (WhatsApp) 🌐 heal-sa.org.za #TheMandateZA #HealSA #SOYA2026 #YouthMentalHealth #YouthVoices
This Wednesday at the Imbokodo Healing Circle, we This Wednesday at the Imbokodo Healing Circle, we talk about something mothers rarely give themselves permission to talk about: Themselves. The session is called The Oxygen Mask — because you have been so busy watching your child drown that you forgot to breathe. Guest Speaker Ms Karabo Rangwetsi, author of Invisible Scars: Visible Strength, will walk us through compassion fatigue, burnout, and what it actually looks like to take care of yourself while caring for someone in addiction. You cannot pour from an empty cup. 📍 Katlehong Resource Centre 🗓️ Wednesday 14 May · 12:00–13:30 Free. Confidential. Open. 📞 066 323 6869 #ImbokodoHealingCircle #HealSA #SelfCare #MothersWhoHeal #CompassionFatigue #KaraboRangwetsi #KatlehongCommunity #MentalHealthMatters
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