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Khaye’s Story
In 2015 I moved to Johannesburg looking for work but could not find a job. I then started dealing drugs to earn an income and dealt in mandrax, heroin and crystal meth. In the drug trade there is a need to fight over territory, and I became part of a gang that would kill people … Read more
How Qiniso was Helped
I was brought up by a single mom who was a domestic worker. Growing up I was one of the smartest children in my class, but I became a victim of bullying. In high school I decided to join a group of guys that seemed “cool” to me to avoid being bullied. They were smoking cigarettes, so I began smoking to try and fit in. In Grade 9 we started smoking dagga and by the … Read more
CYPSA Awareness Campaign: Visit to Gqeberha
CYPSA visited schools in Gqeberha from 12 – 15 September 2025. The group split into teams of two with each team visiting two schools per day, this way ensuring that the maximum number of schools and learners could be reached in the area. The CYPSA men shared firsthand testimonies of how they entered into a … Read more
CYPSA SUBMISSION ON THE PROPOSED “ANTI APARTHEID BILL”
14 December 2025 Ms Angela Thokozile Didiza Speaker of the National Assembly Per email: [email protected] For attention: Mr Imraan Ismail-Moosa Per email: [email protected] Dear Ms Didiza Comments on the proposed “Implementation of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid” Bill We refer to the invitation for written submissions on the proposed “Implementation of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of … Read more
UNDERSTANDING PORNOGRAPHY ADDICTION
CYPSA passionately champions the power of redemption through Christ, reaching out with compassion and determination to those ensnared by the destructive forces of society’s darkest challenges, including addictions, prostitution, and crime. In these pages, you will delve into a comprehensive exploration of pornography addiction, arming yourself with the knowledge necessary to understand and combat this pervasive … Read more
VAPING AND E-CIGARETTES
Vaping is often marketed as a safer alternative to smoking, but the truth is far more dangerous than you might think! Behind the clouds of flavoured vapor are serious health risks that can impact your lungs, heart, and brain. Don’t be fooled by flashy ads and sweet flavours: vaping leads to addiction, long-term health problems, … Read more
WHAT IS A HOOKAH PIPE?
A hookah pipe, also called a water pipe, is a device used to smoke flavoured tobacco. It has a few main parts: The charcoal heats the tobacco, and the smoke travels through the water and into the hose, where the person breathes it in through the mouthpiece. TARGETS CHILDREN Hookah tobacco often has sweet flavours … Read more
Whom Shall We Send? (Poem)
Whom shall We send? The angel flew and touched my lips With a burning coal. It did not singe But purified my soul. Who shall go for Us? Whom shall We send? “I will go.” Was my feeble answer. And yet a stronger resolve I said, “Send me.” No matter the unknown. No matter the … Read more
Annual General Meeting 23 October 2024
On the 23 October 2024, CYPSA hosted its Annual General Meeting. The meeting commenced with a short devotion from Matthew 26:7, where all in attendance were encouraged to hold nothing back in serving God and others, but that rather, like the woman with the alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, we should give all that … Read more
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Umphakathi Okhathazekile (the Concerned Young People of South Africa) is a non-profit organisation which was started by concerned people of South Africa in 2009 and then registered as an NPO in 2010.
The moral decay in our communities caused such great distress to us that we could not keep silent any longer. We have united in taking a stand against the devastation caused by drugs, immorality, HIV/AIDS, human trafficking, crime, prostitution, pornography and abuse, amongst other evils, in all their forms.
A Question
“Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take Me? I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.” Then they all forsook Him and fled. (Mark 14:48)
Within this portion we find Jesus shining His light of truth on the situation. Firstly they came to arrest him during the night, while He had been preaching in broad daylight in the temple, day after day. Secondly, they came with swords and clubs as coming to arrest a robber. Yet, He had robbed no one, it was Judas that was the robber and that was coming against Him. Yet in all this unfairness, Jesus stated that this all happened so as to fulfill the Scriptures. It was set as a sign for you and me, that Jesus was the One to come, the Saviour of the world. His willingness to fulfil Scripture, even if it meant great unfairness and His own death shine through this portion. Indeed, He was the Messiah, they had been waiting for. Yet, in His darkest hour, when He committed himself to obedience to save the human race, all his trusted friends fled. May we not do likewise!