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Part One In 2006, a neuroscientist at Stanford named Robert Sapolsky began writing a book that would take him twelve years to complete. The result,

The previous blog ended with a bold statement: gangs are gaining power in South Africa because they fulfil needs that society often neglects. This leads

We keep asking the wrong question about South Africa. We ask why young people join gangs, why teenagers drink themselves stupid behind the school hall,

Ask a Grade 8 learner who she is, and she will tell you what she wears, what she watches, and who she sits with at

There is a sentence I have heard parents say to me, almost word-for-word, in different rooms and communities for the better part of my Life.

A week ago, a three-part series was offered. Mattering, Formation, Adult Responsibility: three blogs, one argument, one closing call to the grown-ups in young people’s

Part 3 in a Rudder4Life Series on the Quiet Crises Shaping South Africa’s Young Where we have been Part 1 asked whether a child knows

Part 2 of a Rudder4Life Series on the Quiet Crises Shaping South Africa’s Young Where Part 1 left us In our last blog, we answered

Part 1 of a Rudder4Life Series on the Quiet Crises Shaping South Africa’s Young South Africa celebrated the Class of 2025’s record 88% matric pass

There’s a moment most of us know well. You walk into a room, a classroom, a boardroom, or a party, and something inside you shrinks.

Part 4 Throughout this series, we’ve explored why teaching kids about feelings is as important as maths, how to make social, emotional, and academic learning

The science of why we do what we do: here’s why anyone who has ever started a diet on Monday or promised themselves this year