Throughout the month of May, we have been speaking about how trauma has impacted the family structure and how we take those traumas into our communities. We first discussed the impact of trauma on families as it relates to loss, particularly as the Thabo Bester case and the lack of justice that the victim’s family is receiving as proceedings unfold.

In recent weeks, we have seen headlines where citizens have been stripped of their dignity. Whether it was the Cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, loadshedding, the high rate of unemployment, the revelations from the Life Esidimeni inquiry and the general culture of service delivery failure throughout the country - citizens feel disillusioned. To help us understand how we transmute this pain and the tools we need in navigating the state of mind we are in as a community, we are joined by…

 

Guest (STUDIO): Nomfundo Mogapi - Chief Executive Officer & Founder of the Centre for Mental Wellness and Leadership