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Thousands of men in purple speedos took part in the ballsiest, bravest run to date! What started twelve years ago with one brave soul running through peak hour traffic in a speedo to raise awareness about cancer, has since become a nationwide phenomenon. Usually held as a mass participation event in Johannesburg, Friday saw the […]

The Beyers Naude Memorial Lecture is the annual lecture series presented by the Kagiso Trust, in partnership with the Universities. The lecture series addresses issues of racial reconciliation, social justice and leadership, has been held since 2003 in memory of the late Dr Naude, who was a leading anti-apartheid activist and patron of the trust.

The data shows that the overall customer satisfaction of members of South Africa’s most prominent medical schemes has sharply declined in 2021, and some have recorded their lowest customer loyalty scores in six years. The data is based on a poll of 1,950 medical scheme members during the first half of 2021, with the country’s

World Teachers’ Day is held annually on 5 October to celebrate all teachers around the globe.  Celebrated since 1994, this year sees World Teachers’ Day take place 18 months into a global pandemic with this year’s global theme being “Teachers at the heart of education recovery”.    MAMAS Alliance, a network of independent autonomous grassroots organisations,

By Annette Devenish, Marketing Director at Sani-touch It’s perhaps no surprise that a societal crisis like the Covid-19 pandemic has had a negative impact from a mental health perspective. Accompanied as it has been with an economic recession, loss of income, growing unemployment and social isolation, the pandemic has seen growing numbers of people suffering

Climate change is a “collective trauma of potentially epic proportions”, according to a new report on the psychological and mental health consequences of global warming in South Africa. The report, by community psychologist Garret Barnwell, was commissioned by the Centre for Environmental Rights for the African Climate Alliance, groundWork and Vukani Environmental Movement in Action

There will be no sudden arrival of the cavalry to rescue us and that will affect the socio-economic change South Africa needs anytime soon. The only solution going forward is private/public co-operation and, as harsh as the statement might seem, it’s necessary. Every day we read about some sort of shortcoming on the public sector’s

For 20 years, Impaq, which forms part of the Optimi Group, has forged a path for structured homeschooling in South Africa. During this period, more than 169,000 learners have used its educational services, the group said. With the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, demand for Impaq’s homeschooling offering — which follows the CAPS curriculum and

Since 1967, International Literacy Day (ILD) celebrations have taken place annually around the world to remind the public of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights, and to advance the literacy agenda towards a more literate and sustainable society. Despite progress made, literacy challenges persist with at least 773 million young people and