Number 373 Written by Tatum Teunissen Not a name. Not a story. Not a mother. A number. She left home before the sun had risen, a baby wrapped against her chest; a long road ahead of them. She stood in a queue that didn’t move quickly, because queues like these Read more
Love, Privilege and The Racism We Pretend Not To See Written by Tatum Teunissen Racism still runs through the veins of our country. In our so called “post-apartheid” country, the past still walks right beside us. Racism has become woven into the structures that we live in, the opportunities people Read more
We Need More Options for Mothers in Crisis — Not Fewer Written By: Joanne Teunissen When the Department of Social Development announced plans to criminalise the use of baby saver boxes, it reignited a deeply emotional and contentious debate about infant abandonment in South Africa. It’s an issue rooted in Read more
We must learn to see one another Written by Jo Teunissen I recently met a young mother and her one-month-old baby living rough on the streets of Durban North. She was completely exposed: vulnerable to violence, rain, hunger and fear. Survival was her daily battle. She wasn’t a headline. She Read more