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The tragic passing of Ebenhaezer Dibakwane highlights the critical need for open dialogues about mental health in the entertainment industry.
More recently, the death of Ebenhaezer Dibakwane has sparked an urgent revisit to the conversation.
Showmax is set to air two new episodes of 'Steinheist', delving deeper into the aftermath of Markus Jooste's tragic suicide and the ongoing investigation into South Africa's largest corporate scandal.
People are reportedly so overworked that they don't have time to reproduce, making this country have one of the lowest birth rates in the world.
The Filmmaker Jeff Baena -- best known for directing films like "Life After Beth" and "The Little Hours," and the husband of actress Aubrey Plaza, has been found dead in their Los Angeles home.
Such a crime does not occur in a vacuum but is supported and enabled by a society that has an innate disregard for women's lives.
'When he told us of the shameful things she had done yesterday, it did not sit well with us. '
'Her bloodied body was found with several stab wounds and a broken knife was found next to her body. '
Roland Robertson of Midlands EMS said emergency personnel rushed to the scene following reports that a woman had jumped from the view point.
A world that drives so many to the brink with its demands, its expectations, its relentless refusal to see the beauty and the fragility in each of us, including those to whom we hold up a mirror, writes Gillian Schutte.
It’s Suicide Prevention Week and it’s time that more people talk about the topic that so many are ashamed of.
While women are increasingly joining the police services in numbers, policing has historically been a masculine career, and masculine in a way which leaves no room for officers to express their feelings or misgivings about the job they do and in other parts of their lives, and society adds pressure with the "real men don't cry" mantra.
Canadian police believe the former chef sent as many as 1,200 “suicide kits” to people in more than 40 countries between 2020 and his arrest last year.
In this system, life becomes commodified, and the natural processes of ageing and dying are medicalised in ways that can strip away the essence of what makes life meaningful, writes Gillian Schutte.
While details around Jooste's death remain the subject of a police investigation, it has been reported that Jooste shot himself.
When police opened the door, they were confronted with the scene where lifeless bodies of the toddler and her father were hanging from the roof beams.
The group also emphasises the critical need for having an open dialogue and taking action in the face of the pervasive stigma and fear surrounding talking about teen suicide.
The City of Cape Town has issued a compelling call for men to overcome barriers and fully utilise available health services. This comes as alarming statistics revealed a concerning suicide rate in South Africa.
A probe is under way into allegations of bullying at a Gauteng school after a Grade 6 learner was found hanged at his home on Monday.
#World Mental Health Day - OPINION: The 2023 World Population Review reports put Lesotho, eSwatini, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique in the top 6 African countries with the highest number of reported suicides, writes the author.
OPINION: In Gauteng, more than 40 suicides have been recorded in schools since the beginning of the year. There is a chance that the number may exceed 40 since there are learners who dropped out, writes Hendrick Makaneta.
Councillors, social workers and security guards will be deployed to a number of high risk schools in Gauteng, with a school safety summit planned for October.
Six pupils at Tsakane Secondary School consumed poison, two have died.
The Department of Correctional Services has launched an investigation after an inmate at the Mangaung Correctional Centre died by suicide after allegedly jumping from the roof on Monday.
At Soshanguve Secure Centre, a Grade 10 boy pupil was discovered hanging in a dormitory after had been taken to the juvenile centre and was awaiting trial.