Community & Impact

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