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Navigating nutrition in summer

Nutrition

Navigating nutrition in summer

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 13 Nov 2024

Get your skin summer ready with these smart skincare tips from Medshield

Medical Aid

Get your skin summer ready with these smart skincare tips from Medshield

Issued by Stone 13 Nov 2024

Recognising foodbanks as key stakeholders in solving food insecurity, malnutrition, and climate

Food, Water & Energy Security

Recognising foodbanks as key stakeholders in solving food insecurity, malnutrition, and climate

Andy du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 8 Oct 2024

Image source: Balazs Simon from

Climate Change

Africa’s famous Serengeti and Maasai Mara are being hit by climate change – a major threat to wildlife and tourism

Joseph Ogutu 4 Oct 2024

Acid mine drainage in Gauteng, South Africa, has polluted the water and soil in Soweto. Courtesy Professor Craig Sheridan, University of the Witwatersrand

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Gold mine pollution is poisoning Soweto’s water and soil – study finds food gardens are at risk

Lesego Khomo 28 May 2024

Debunking the myths of creatine monohydrate

Sport

Debunking the myths of creatine monohydrate

23 May 2024

Like nutritious meals, water should be seen as an essential nutrient for learners

Food Crisis

Like nutritious meals, water should be seen as an essential nutrient for learners

Issued by Ambani Reputation Management 19 Apr 2024

An old woman hospitalized for dehydration during the recent record heat wave, receives IV drip while she is being consulted at an hospital in Niamey, Niger, 13 April 2024. Reuters/ Mahamadou Hamidou

Climate Change

Deadly heat in West Africa warns of climate change-driven scorchers to come

Boureima Balima and Abdel-Kader Mazou 18 Apr 2024

Key facts about cholera

Medical Aid

Key facts about cholera

Issued by Bonitas 12 Mar 2024

Mental health

Nutrition's profound impact on child development and mental health

Anne-Marie De Beer 1 Nov 2023

Join aQuellé in the cause for diabetes - Let's beat diabetes, together

Noncommunicable diseases

Join aQuellé in the cause for diabetes - Let's beat diabetes, together

Issued by aQuellé 23 Oct 2023

Source: WHO. Time is running out to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe if fuel and life-saving health and humanitarian supplies cannot be urgently delivered to the Gaza Strip amidst the complete blockade.

Healthcare

Healthcare crisis at breaking point in Gaza

Katja Hamilton 19 Oct 2023

Healthcare

From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera - the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa

Lenore Manderson 7 Sep 2023

Dealing with diabetes

Noncommunicable diseases

Dealing with diabetes

Issued by Bonitas 29 Aug 2023

Image source: Kindel Media from

Health & Safety

Addressing the dress code: New PPE provision guidelines fit for women in mining

Kate Collier 16 Aug 2023

Hormone havoc: Navigating the symptoms of hormone imbalance

Women's Health

Hormone havoc: Navigating the symptoms of hormone imbalance

Issued by Intercare 3 Jul 2023

Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Public Health

Vaccination drive hits Western Cape amidst growing measles outbreak in SA

27 Feb 2023

Public Health

South Africa records two imported cholera cases

Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 6 Feb 2023

The physiological makeup of a woman mountain bike rider

Sport

The physiological makeup of a woman mountain bike rider

30 Jan 2023

Dietitians weigh in on top 2023 nutrition trends

Nutrition

Dietitians weigh in on top 2023 nutrition trends

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 16 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Pamela Hellig, the consulting actuary at Insight Life Solutions.

Trends

#BizTrends2023: Climate change will affect healthcare and provision of services

Pamela Hellig 9 Jan 2023

Get your car ready for summer

Maintenance

Get your car ready for summer

Reuben van Niekerk, Issued by Motus Cars 30 Nov 2022

This photograph was published on Facebook by conservationist Bool Smuts to expose how a farm owner was capturing and killing baboons and other wildlife. Copied as fair use.

Human Rights Law

Court dismisses farmer's claim to privacy over baboon killing

Geoffrey Allsop 12 Jan 2022

Hydrate and recycle: Take care of your health and the environment these holidays

Environment & Natural Resources

Hydrate and recycle: Take care of your health and the environment these holidays

17 Dec 2021

Climate change is harming children's mental health - and this is just the start

Climate Change

Climate change is harming children's mental health - and this is just the start

Francis Vergunst and Helen Louise Berry 30 Sep 2021

The Life Esidimeni online memorial and advocacy project includes the personal stories of 20 families who lost loved ones

Mental health

Life Esidimeni inquest will determine if health officials could be criminally convicted

20 Jul 2021

“We saw patients dying for avoidable reasons. They were dying because masks that came loose were not being replaced,” says MSF Covid-19 intervention nursing activities manager, Caroline Masunda. Chris Allan

Covid-19

Small things can save lives: coping with Covid-19 in resource-scarce hospitals

Gilles van Cutsem 2 Mar 2021

Retrofitting unused spaces can help South African cities adapt to climate change

Climate Change

Retrofitting unused spaces can help South African cities adapt to climate change

Jan Hugo and Chrisna du Plessis 5 Jan 2021

Nelson Mandela Bay. Image: Eastern Cape Tourism

Covid-19

Nelson Mandela Bay declared a Covid-19 hotspot

4 Dec 2020

We found a way to turn urine into solid fertiliser - it could make farming more sustainable

Agriculture

We found a way to turn urine into solid fertiliser - it could make farming more sustainable

Prithvi Simha, Björn Vinnerås and Jenna Senecal 10 Nov 2020

A volunteer receives an injection from a medical worker during the country’s first human clinical trial for a potential vaccine against Covid-19 in Soweto, South Africa. Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Covid-19

Covid-19 vaccine: the challenges of running a trial in the middle of a pandemic

Jeffrey Mphahlele 7 Jul 2020

Consumers are demanding next-generation facials and Skin Renewal is listening

Health & Beauty

Consumers are demanding next-generation facials and Skin Renewal is listening

Lestonn Lawn, Issued by Skin Renewal 27 May 2020

Children at window of a building in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Children will be vulnerable if vaccinations are postponed. Photo by Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Coronavirus risks forcing South Africa to make health trade-offs it can ill afford

Karen Hofman & Susan Goldstein 17 Apr 2020

6 Tips to maximise your productivity on a business trip

Community

6 Tips to maximise your productivity on a business trip

25 Oct 2019

Why South Africa's wetlands are in urgent need of rescue

Environment & Natural Resources

Why South Africa's wetlands are in urgent need of rescue

21 Oct 2019

Pick n Pay tests plastic-free fruit and veg section

Retailers

Pick n Pay tests plastic-free fruit and veg section

1 Jul 2019

#MusicExchange: BrotherBrother

Music

#MusicExchange: BrotherBrother

Martin Myers 16 Apr 2019

People living in run-down, inner city apartments, like these in Cairo, are at risk of heat-stress health problems. Shutterstock

Noncommunicable diseases

How global warming is adding to the health risks of poor people

Lenore Manderson 28 Jan 2019

How water treatment in South Africa can eradicate water-related diseases

Infrastructure & Utilities

How water treatment in South Africa can eradicate water-related diseases

Issued by WEC Projects 18 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: FaceFit - the future of skincare and fitness is here with a new movement

Trends

#BizTrends2019: FaceFit - the future of skincare and fitness is here with a new movement

Daniella Shapiro 7 Jan 2019

Measles cases spike globally due to gaps in vaccination coverage

Infectious Diseases

Measles cases spike globally due to gaps in vaccination coverage

24 Dec 2018

#EntrepreneurMonth: Environ's Dr Des, a skin care innovator for the ages

Health & Beauty

#EntrepreneurMonth: Environ's Dr Des, a skin care innovator for the ages

Lauren Hartzenberg 29 Nov 2018

IoT is a prerequisite for enabling sustainable development

IoT

IoT is a prerequisite for enabling sustainable development

Reshaad Sha 19 Sep 2018

Agriculture

Papers to help improve labour safety in agriculture, forestry sectors

19 Apr 2018

Dr Suretha Kannenberg

Medical Research

A dermatologist's perspective on the drought, dehydration and skin conditions

21 Feb 2018

How Cape Town's water crisis could make people sick

Health & Welfare

How Cape Town's water crisis could make people sick

Bob Mash, Hassan Mahomed and Shrikant Peters 15 Feb 2018