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Crisis Pregnancy

by South African Conversations | Aug 21, 2023 | Blogs, Women

What are the options? Give birth and raise the child. Give birth and permanently give your child to another person or family. Take medication or have a medical procedure that ends the pregnancy within 12 weeks of conception. Dumping or abandoning a baby is not an...

Grandmothers

by South African Conversations | Aug 21, 2023 | Blogs, Senior Citizens

Holding families together all over South Africa Grandmothers in historically disadvantaged South Africa have always played a big role in the upbringing of their grandchildren. This tradition is not a cultural one, but one fashioned by the demands of apartheid. Black...

Let’s Talk About the Foreigners in Our Country

by South African Conversations | Aug 21, 2023 | Blogs, Migrants & Refugees

by Spencer Chatora, Jean Pierre A. Lukamba & Therésa Müller Many South Africans have little tolerance for foreigners – especially foreigners from further north in Africa. We don’t care whether they are here as refugees, as migrant workers or as legal immigrants....

LGBTQI+ Questions & Answers

by South African Conversations | Aug 21, 2023 | Blogs, LGBTQI+

What does LGBTQI+ stand for? L | Lesbian: sexual orientation: women attracted to women. G | Gay: sexual orientation: men attracted to men. B | Bisexual/non-binary: Sexually attracted to any gender. T | Transgender: someone whose gender differs from...

How to Start a FOOD Garden

by South African Conversations | Aug 21, 2023 | Blogs, Food Growing

More people are now living in cities than in rural areas for the first time in history. Over the next 30 years, virtually all of the anticipated 3 billion increase in human population will occur in cities of the South. By 2030 these cities will absorb 95% of global...