Monthly Archives: July 2019

World Day Against Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is not just sexual slavery but also for the purpose of forced labour, forced marriage / child marriage, Organ smuggling, surrogacy Human trafficking can occur within a country or trans-nationally. Human trafficking is a crime against the person because of the violation of the victim’s rights of movement through coercion and because of […]

Anti-Slavery

Anti-Slavery International continues to campaign for the Modern Slavery (Victim Support) Bill to become law, so that victims of slavery are given the time and support they need to begin their recovery and help with the prosecution of the criminals who profit from exploiting them.   Now thanks to two survivors who challenged the Home […]

HIGH TEA WITH HER SERENE HIGHNESS PRINCESS CHARLENE OF MONACO

Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco, born in South Africa, grew up in Benoni, married to Prince Albert of Monaco, has two beautiful children, Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella but is still very involved in various charity organisations and events back home in South Africa. I always bought every magazine that featured Her Serene […]

Australia has just got a new national suicide prevention adviser to tackle the mental health crisis

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has appointed Christine Morgan as Australia’s national suicide prevention officer. Prime Minister Scott Morrison wants to see a dramatic drop in the number of people who take their own lives and has appointed a new adviser in a move aimed at curbing the mental health crisis.  In a step towards tackling the […]

Inequalities Experienced By Students From Rural Contexts – Seminar

Addressed by The Southern African Rurality in Higher Education – Held at the Sheraton Hotel Pretoria. The Southern African Rurality in Higher education project is an ESRC-NRF newton funded collaborative research project between the University of Brighton, The University of Johannesburg, Rhodes University, the University of Forte Hare, investigating students’ transition from rural schools and […]

Global Wellness 2019

Global wellness, a day created for awareness on the importance of our wellbeing. We all want a healthy life, not just physically but also emotionally, mentally and spiritually but very hard to maintain 365 days of the year due to stress, pressure and circumstances. Exercise, healthy eating, surrounding yourself with the right people and taking […]

4 major new laws that every South African needs to know about

By Staff Writer Subscribe A number of pieces of legislation will be considered by president Cyril Ramaphosa’s new administration, according to minister of Justice and Correctional Service, Ronald Lamola, who was presenting to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on Wednesday (3 July). Lamola said that these bills include the upcoming Cybercrime Bill, which is […]

They escaped ISIS. Then they got sucked into Baghdad’s sex trafficking underworld

By Arwa Damon, Ghazi Balkiz, Brice Laine and Aqeel Najm, CNN Baghdad, Iraq (CNN)Nadia’s handshake is strong, but her voice trembles as she says hello. Leaning against a window, she describes in painful detail the twisted journey that saw her evade the grip of terrorists only to fall victim to Baghdad’s sex trafficking underworld.Stories like Nadia’s have […]

Parliament Petitioned Over ARV Shortages

By Michael Gwarisa PEOPLE Living With HIV (PLHIV) have handed over a petition to the Parliament of Zimbabwe in a bid to push government to urgently allocate financial resources to arrest the prevailing drug shortage before the situation goes out of hand. By Michael Gwarisa The development comes at the back of indications that the National Aids Council (NAC) […]

Universities offer HIV treatment

By Bongekile Macupe A number of universities are rolling out critical antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication to their students living with HIV. This means students don’t have to travel far, spend money, miss classes or face the stigma that comes with going off campus for the life-saving treatment. The Cape Peninsula University of Technology recently announced […]

Suicidal warning signs

If you are having thoughts about suicide there could also be some behavioural and/or physical changes that could tell you something isn’t right.  It might be subtle, but it’s likely that you notice a number of signs rather than just one or two. Remember that everyone is different and respond differently to these thoughts and feelings. […]