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What’s overlooked in student mental health in South Africa: social connection and sexual wellbeing

THE CONVERSATION

What’s overlooked in student mental health in South Africa: social connection and sexual wellbeing

By Jarred H Martin, Jacomien Muller, Jolize Joubert van Appel and Sonja Nicolene Mostert

Jerome September

By Jerome September

The real crisis is not student gambling but the future that students no longer trust

5 July 2026

Judge Nambitha Dambuza

By Judge Nambitha Dambuza

Student deaths in 2025 were the result of systemic failure, not a series of tragedies

13 January 2026