On 21 July 2026, DGMT — with Change Ideas and the Hold My Hand campaign — hosted the inaugural Metro Lives public dialogue at the Homecoming Centre in District Six, Cape Town. Metro Lives was created to open up a public conversation about how South Africa’s cities and municipalities can build better lives for children, young people and families. SAFM spoke to Dr David Harrison, CEO of DGMT, to unpack what came out of that first gathering and why the places we live in shape a child’s chances long before they ever set foot in a classroom.
Global Health Now Article: Nutrition Granted – Fighting Low Birth Weight in South Africa
A half dozen pregnant women sit around a table, singing lullabies to the water bottles they are cradling to their chests as if breastfeeding. The
October 9, 2026
