youth safety Archives

Queen Noma launches Anti-Pens Down campaign to keep learners safe.

Gavaza Ledwaba / September 17, 2026

EAST LONDON: South African entrepreneur, musician and philanthropist Dr Noma Mbeki, popularly known as Queen Noma, is turning to music

Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane is heartbroken after a 16-year-old Grade 9 boy from Badirile Secondary School in Khutsong, Carletonville,

MDN NEWS / January 13, 2026

The family of 17-year-old Thomas Junior Sithole is demanding urgent answers after the Driehoek High School learner’s body was found

MDN NEWS / December 8, 2025

The community of Khayelitsha is reeling after the horrific killing of 16-year-old Kwakhanya Mhlanganisi, a teenager whose life was cut

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