This theme will incorporate health and wellness; an in-depth look at health as a state of being and wellness as the state of living a healthy lifestyle inclusive of mental health. This attempts to bring forth links between the institutional culture and overall student wellness in contemporary South Africa. Acknowledging the existing economical, mental, and social pressures for students. Considering the effects of the COVID-19 global pandemic on the higher education landscape as well as the overall wellness of people. Linking the awareness, we have or lack thereof on the notion of holistically taking care of our own bodies not only physically.