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HELPING HANDS: Jika Uluntu director Ziyanda Xaso. Picture: ROSA-KAROO LOEWE

NGO takes its life-saving services to needy children

EMIHLE MBANGATHA The children living in the settlements just outside of Gonubie are vulnerable to abuse, disease, and neglect, so Jika Uluntu, a local NGO, took taking life-saving services to the children last week. Jika Uluntu hosted the…

DR YENTL GAMIET

Buffalo Flats paediatric surgeon back home

After years of working in the medical profession, through Covid, cancer, and great personal struggle, Dr Yentl Gamiet has officially opened her own practice at Life Hospital Beacon Bay. The Buffalo Flats born-paediatric surgeon said she…

MELISSA SMITH

Unsupervised social media usage can put children at risk

WRITTEN BY MELISSA SMITH The use of social media among children is a topic of growing concern for parents, educators, and policymakers. While social media platforms offer numerous benefits, including opportunities for socialisation and…

Pearl Thusi believes women are the rock who have guided SA through the dark.Image: Instagram/Pearl Thusi

Pearl Thusi says women are the foundation of the country

“With all the storms, they’ve managed to keep this nation standing’ Actress and media personality reminded SA that women are the foundation of the nation despite the hardships they face. Pearl said throughout history, and even in an…

COLOURFUL: Back, from left, PNA mascot Penny and PNA Stationers EL representative Matthew Krouse pose with 2019/20 competition winner Matthew Goldswain. Picture: MATTHEW FIELD

{WIN} Children aged 4 to 9 years old can help PNA Mascot Penny in colouring-in competition

“What a year it has been, wearing a mask and being unable to visit all my friends,” said PNA mascot Penny. “How can I make amends?” PNA Stationers EL, along with the GO! & Express, are hosting a Back-to-School competition with a…

CHANGE THE STORY: Youth receiving packs from Tomorrow Trust Picture: SUPPLIED

Trust educates children on Covid-19

As the national lockdown continues, one major issue that is emerging is the lack of understanding about the Sars- CoV-2 virus. NGO has stepped in to meet this challenge with their #changethestory campaign which aims to educate orphaned…

‘Texting neck’ and ‘PlayStation thumb’ are just two of the injuries affecting young children as they spend more time hunched over their devices.                                                                                                                   Image: iStock

Head and neck injuries on the up as children use their devices more

Sharp increase in accidents related to being distracted by cellphones Texting while walking has been the leading cause of cellphone-related injury for children, according to the UK’s biggest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart.…

Prince Mashawana is taking reading culture to new heightsImage: DARRYL HAMMOND

Bullying fires boy to turn superhero

This seven-year-old superhero looks ready to become South Africa’s Stan Lee By day, Prince Mashawana is a regular school kid from Bryanston but when his school uniform comes off he is a superhero with a mission to get young and old…

A new study has found that South Africa is not adequately equipped to deal with child and teenage mental health issues.Image: Rudi Louw

Report reveals dire shortage of mental health services for SA’s children

South Africa has a critical shortage of mental health services for children and teenagers. This is according to a University of Cape Town and SA Medical Research Council evaluation of the costs of mental services and programmes in the…

Spanish actress Penelope Cruz, who is starring in ‘Wasp Network’, said tech is making our brains explode.     Image: Alberto Pizzoli / AFP

Tech is ‘coming to utterly dominate children’s lives’, says Penelope Cruz

Hollywood star Penelope Cruz warned that technology was driving high anxiety that would one day make “all our brains explode”. The Spanish mother-of-two said she was worried about how children’s mental health and development were being…

Mothers of children attending Blomvlei Primary School in Hanover Park protested recently to raise awareness about gang violence in the area. Image: GroundUp/Raatiqah Tagodien

When bullets fly, pupils know they must ‘hit the floor’ in Hanover Park

During lunch break on Thursday, hundreds of pupils from Blomvlei Primary School in Hanover Park gathered on the outskirts of the school, holding signs and beating drums to raise awareness about gang violence in the area. The children, who…

Grade R to Grade 7 pupils at schools in Dutywa and Butterworth have been excluded from the 2018-2019 budget.Image: Sino Majangaza/DispatchLIVE

No food for Eastern Cape pupils after education department bungle

A blunder by the Eastern Cape education department has seen thousands of pupils go hungry at 35 primary schools. The department mistakenly declared the schools closed as part of its rationalisation programme‚ but the schools are still…

Creating awareness about ADHD

OFTEN mislabelled as naughty, moody and undisciplined, many children with a common neurological condition, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) filed into East London schools earlier this year. “Many people are not aware of the…

Ayola Nana and Lunje Maneli showing off their big smiles on their first day in Grade 1 at Londolozani Junior Primary. Picture: SIVENATHI GOSA

Back to school: gallery

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Guardian angel for tiny tots

ON THE corner of Old Transkei Road and Willasdale Drive, Guardians of Hope can be spotted guarding and giving hope to abandoned and destitute babies. At any given time, Guardians of Hope Place of Safety caters for six babies in need of…