The Gauteng department of social development has deployed 500 KeMoja Coaches to assist with substance abuse awareness programmes in schools following alleged suicides of over 40 learners (https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2023-08-28-sowetan-address-the-suicide-scourge/) in the province since the beginning of the 2023 academic year.

Gauteng MEC for education Matome Chiloane has welcomed the deployment of Ke Moja Coaches and reiterated that it will deal with addressing the root causes of such actions. In a statement, Chiloane said suicide was a bleak reality and one of the leading causes of death among young people, and that learners in schools were confronted by a variety of problems, including drugs and substance abuse...