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The latest Child Gauge, published by the University of Cape Town Children’s Institute, found that 33% of South African children are victims of sexual and physical abuse. This Human Right’s…

South Africans are adept at talking – with 11 official languages and the majority of the population able to speak more than one dialect, we live in a linguistic melting…

In what may be a taxing year ahead, South Africans are urged to make mental wellbeing a priority. Those hoping for a healthier 2018 need to be looking beyond a…

Most abused children are harmed by a relative or someone they know. The University of Cape Town’s Children’s Institute found this to be true in 80% abuse cases where the…

There are many families in Atlantis and Kalkfontein that cannot afford to wake up to gifts on Christmas morning. Many children miss out on the joy of receiving something special…

In the wake of 66 child murders recorded this year in the Western Cape alone as well as a six-month delay in child abuse intervention, Hope House Counselling Centre has…

One in four adults in South Africa has been diagnosed with or experienced periods of mental illness. World Mental Health Day, which takes place on 10 October, strives to raise…

Hope House Counselling Centre, a nonprofit organisation that provides donation-based individual, child, family and trauma counselling to the community has turned thirteen. Starting in the Lakeside lounge of its founder,…

  Residents of Table View and surrounds now have access to donation-based counselling services on their doorstep. Hope House Counselling Centre has opened up a new centre at 236 Blaauwberg…

Many teachers’ unions and civil society groups have expressed concern over amendments to the Western Cape Provincial School Education Bill that will allow alcohol to be sold on school premises….