Why we need a parent’s guide to understanding our transgender teens Both in my role as a parent and in my role as Editor of News24's parenting vertical, I get to see so many of the issues that parents are facing. From teething to tantrums to transgender kids... In my experience, questions and concerns about children expressing a different gender to the one they were assigned at birth are coming up more and more frequently.

It's no secret that prison conditions in South Africa are grim. Inmates are subject to inhumane living conditions caused by extreme overcrowding, inadequate ablution facilities and poor healthcare provision, among others issues. Largely due to these conditions, prisons are rife with disease and sexual violence. Why should we care? Elizabeth Mamacos uncovers hair-raising stats, shares true stories from mothers and speaks to those on the ground to pull back the curtain on maternal incarceration in South Africa...

"Knowing all the facts and having access to the greatest minds in parenting did not stop that seismic shift of new motherhood from breaking me down to my core (even the second time over). It's also done nothing to stop the dark side of motherhood from swallowing me whole. I wrote this series of articles while in the throes of dark motherhood myself (the irony is not lost on me). I'm nine months postpartum now and I still don't recognise myself." Read on ...

A series on mental illness and how to handle this appropriately in the South African workplace.

In 2015 internet users weren’t able to go a day without coming across Caitlyn Jenner's very public gender transition. The former Olympian came out with a feature on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine and followed up with a documentary of her new life. “Transgender” was declared one of the top ten “Words of the Year” for 2015 by the Collins English Dictionary. “The growing voice of trans people in the media, such as popular figures Caitlyn Jenner and Laverne Cox, saw the use of transgender double

Contributions: 'You, your nanny cam, and the law' and 'How to help your nanny stay safe'