The Regulators: Mount Up for Men's Mental Health

One posse. Many moustaches. No man rides alone.

This November, a posse of South African men is growing the most fabulous moustaches of their lives, for a serious reason. Meet the posse at theregulators.co.za

In South Africa, men die by suicide at nearly four times the rate of women (WHO Global Health Estimates 2019, via Africa Check). Too many men never ask for help. When they do, many can't pay for it: they have no medical aid, or they have used up the mental health cover their scheme must provide by law.

We are The Regulators, named after the 1878 frontier posse who stuck together when it counted. We shaved clean on 31 October, we're growing all November, and we're raising a R100,000 bounty for men's mental health.

Where your money goes: every rand goes to Boys Night Projects, a registered non-profit in Somerset West (reg. 2023/998102/08). It's ring-fenced for men who need psychologist sessions, psychiatrist visits or admission to a mental health clinic, and have...