Our organisation, in partnership with the Western Cape Education Department, hosted ten Grade 11 boys from different schools in the Cape Metropolitan area at the Old Main Groote Schuur Hospital in commemoration of Professor Ntobeko Ntusi’s 1 year in office as President & CEO of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC).

Prof Naeemah Abrahams, Chief Specialist Scientist, Gender and Health Research Unit forms part of the newly elected international members and her election citations were prompted by her being one of the leading researchers of intimate partner and sexual femicide in Africa. She has provided surveillance methodology of femicide, bringing global attention to the issue. Through her research and service, the rate of South African intimate partner femicide showed a reduction from 1999-2017.

Johannesburg, 10 October 2025 – L’Oréal South Africa, in partnership with UNESCO, proudly hosted the 2025 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards, recognising outstanding female scientists whose groundbreaking research addresses Africa’s most urgent challenges, from cancer care and infectious diseases to clean water, sustainable energy, and environmental conservation

Globally, up to one in three women who live with a male partner report he is a heavy drinker. Evidence shows men’s drinking increases the severity and frequency of violence towards women and harms to children

On World Mental Health Day (10th October), we are excited to announce the launch of a new initiative to strengthen child and adolescent mental health in South Africa.