By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - With Suicide Prevention Day commemorated this week, the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) has raised the alarm around school pupils who either committed or attempted suicide in South Africa. Spokesperson Fatima Seedat says statistically, virtually every school in the country have had cases reported. Globally, over 3-thousand people take their own lives every day, with 20 or more attempts for every completed suicide. This translates to a staggering one million lives lost to suicide annually. Seedat explains the need for families and religious leaders to take a stance and break the stigma associated with suicide...

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - With Suicide Prevention Day commemorated this week, the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) has raised the alarm around school pupils who either committed or attempted suicide in South Africa. Spokesperson Fatima Seedat says statistically, virtually every school in the country have had cases reported. Globally, over 3-thousand people take their own lives every day, with 20 or more attempts for every completed suicide. This translates to a staggering one million lives lost to suicide annually. Seedat explains the need for families and religious leaders to take a stance and break the stigma associated with suicide...

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