CAPE TOWN: The founder of one of SA’s foremost female-owned digital marketing agencies believes that a three-tiered game plan of flexibility, mentorship and supportive networks is key to overhauling predominantly male executive suites in a COVID-19 altered reality. Laura Thomas, who heads up Salt & Candy, says while the health crisis has taken a grim […]
A condition described as ‘broken heart syndrome’, otherwise known as stress cardiomyopathy, has increased fourfold since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic. This is according to a study conducted by researchers at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA. Nicole Jennings, spokesperson for Pharma Dynamics says the extended lockdown orders, having to isolate and cancel […]
Women’s Month this year is about celebrating powerful, resilient women who manage to persevere in the face of adversity. In challenging times, forging one’s destiny both locally and internationally isn’t a given. One woman doing just that however is Nomzamo Mbatha. It’s been a time of many personal highlights for the South African born and […]
Young people, students and professionals who have not yet learned to touch-type will do well to consider making this small learning investment that will reap benefits for life, an education expert says. Touch typing is a skill that allows you to type on a keyboard without looking at the keys, using all ten fingers […]
From cocktail parties and Christmas feasts to New Year’s Eve festivities, the end-of-year holidays are synonymous with social gatherings and delicious, but often rich and indulgent food and alcoholic excesses that can become a challenge for the digestive system. Researchers claim that herbal drinks, like Rooibos, which is indigenous to South Africa and derived from […]