World PR Day

The quiet revolution that just made PR the most powerful discipline in business

Madelain Roscher

The Golden Age of Strategic PR is here. Join the organisations defining it.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

More #WPRDAY2026

Subscribe & Follow

Advertise your job vacancies

Reputed to be a first: Black child diagnosed with progeria

According to AP, via Google News, Ontlametse, the tiny girl refers to herself as "the first lady". Yet, despite being diagnosed with the aging disease that will probably see her living no longer than a couple more years, she dreams of the future. She is reputed to be the first Black child to be diagnosed with the disease.

9 Sep 2011

"I call myself a first lady because I'm the first black child with this disease ... Which other black child do you know with this disease?" she challenged. Read more.

Top stories

Image credit: on Pexels

HealthcareMeta and YouTube’s wakeup call: A global warning South Africa cannot ignore

Faaiza Gangat, Rebecca Matle and Tsholofelo Makhathini 30 Mar 2026

Clicks recalls kiddies snack after non-pathogenic Listeria detection

HealthcareClicks recalls kiddies snack after non-pathogenic Listeria detection

16 Mar 2026

Promoted

Your dashboard is lying to you: Why brands keep missing the 1 trillion rands township economy

Marketing & MediaYour dashboard is lying to you: Why brands keep missing the 1 trillion rands township economy

Kabelo Kale, The Media Krate 2 days

Promoted

SA’s reading crisis - Why parents cannot wait until Grade 4 to act

EducationSA’s reading crisis - Why parents cannot wait until Grade 4 to act

Impaq 2 days

More news

Let's do Biz