A City of Cape Town pilot project has taken 18 boys from Manenberg to a camp designed to help young people avoid becoming involved in gangs. The initiative targets youth in the Cape Flats community, which has long been affected by gang activity, and forms part of efforts by the city to provide alternatives and support for at-risk boys. Details of the camp's programme and duration were not provided in the report.

Ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September, the South African Depression and Anxiety Group is urging South Africans to hold open, non-judgemental conversations about suicide. According to SADAG, the focus is on helping people recognise distress, speak supportively, and connect those at risk with professional help rather than avoiding the topic.

Health workers in Uganda are advocating for expanded age-appropriate sexuality education for girls to help reduce the incidence of unsafe abortions. During a Media Café organized by the Health Journalists Network Uganda (HEJNU), Joyce Najjemba, a nursing officer at Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital, emphasized the importance of this education in addressing the high number of unsafe abortions reported in the country.

Group therapy is being used to support depressed teenage mothers in Kenya, where mental health specialists are scarce, according to TimesLIVE. The approach relies on peer support and trained facilitators to deliver care in communities that lack access to professional mental health services. The programme is reported to be delivering positive results, offering a practical model for treating depression among vulnerable young mothers in low-resource settings where conventional specialist treatment is often unavailable.

The article discusses the psychology behind women playing hard to get and questions who teaches them this behavior. It explores the social and cultural influences that may contribute to this phenomenon, suggesting that it is a learned behavior rather than an innate trait.

A TimesLIVE article examines options for supporting South African youth at risk of leaving school early. According to Willem Kitshoff, CEO of education technology company d6 Group, artificial intelligence could help schools identify early warning signs of potential pupil drop-outs, allowing timely intervention. The piece explores how technology and other measures might encourage young people to stay in education and continue their personal and academic development.