Articles – Heartlines

Heartlines hosts author workshop for fatherhood research publication

Head of Research at Heartlines, Livhuwani Maphorogo, convened a workshop for authors contributing to an upcoming Heartlines publication on interdisciplinary perspectives on fatherhood, masculinity and youth in South Africa.

Fathering my father

Themba has carried the strange inheritance of needing to father his father, and has come to believe that it means three different things. Read his powerful reflections.

Fixlocal has a new home with Jozi My Jozi

We are pleased to share that Fixlocal is moving from Heartlines (the Centre for Values Promotion) to become housed as a project of Jozi My Jozi.

'I grew up without a father and I turned out fine'

We are very sure about fatherlessness, and that's a problem. Themba Dlamini shares how one radio conversation exposed a national blind spot about faterhood in South Africa.

How to vote in a way that reflects what matters most to you

What if you chose to vote differently this year? What if you chose to vote based on what you value rather than voting based on who's popular?

The measure of a man is not in his fists

In many communities, the dominant image of manhood remains physical – protect, provide, endure, fight. These instincts are not inherently wrong. But they are incomplete.

Who will cry for the boy?

Before he was Dr Mzamo Masito, a respected author and advocate for young boys and men, he was just another child trying to survive in the townships of the Western Cape while struggling with his own ‘father wound’. A wound that he would have to confront as he got older.

Fathers Matter is Heartlines' flagship programme

When we first introduced the Fathers Matter programme, we had one clear mission: to address a deep and often unspoken wound that many South Africans carry. Now, Fathers Matter is the core focus at Heartlines as we look to halve fatherlessness in a generation.

What parents should know about teenage dating

The world teenagers are navigating often looks nothing like the one their parents grew up in. Youth leaders who walk closely with teenagers every week see this shift clearly and believe parents need to understand the realities shaping teenage relationships today.

A different kind of New Year’s resolution

As this year starts, the most meaningful resolution you can make may not be about what you want to achieve, but about how you choose to live.

A survivor’s reflection on how to rethink 16 Days

Every year posters go up, campaigns roll out, and we hear the same speech over and over again, but we still have women and children dying as a result of gender-based violence.

What parents, teachers and communities can actually do to stop bullying

Bullying is a community sickness that needs a community cure. Parents, teachers, neighbours, coaches – everyone has a part to play. Victory isn’t when the bully backs off. Victory is when the child knows, without even thinking twice, that an entire village stands behind them.

Cookie	Duration	Description
`CRAFT_CSRF_TOKEN`	Session	Protects against cross-site request forgery attacks.
`CraftSessionId`	Session	Preserves your session state across page requests.
`flow_cookie_consent_heartlines`	1 year	Remembers your cookie consent preferences.

Cookie	Duration	Description
`_ga`	1 year 1 month	Google Analytics sets this to store and count page views.
`_ga_*`	1 year 1 month	Google Analytics uses this to persist session state.
`_gid`	24 hours	Stores and updates a unique value for each page visited.
`_clck`	1 year	Microsoft Clarity persists a visitor identifier.
`_clsk`	1 day	Microsoft Clarity links page views into one session recording.