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Why financial resilience matters to the household economy

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Many elite athletes live with health impacts long after they retire. Should they carry all the costs?Hoani Smith, Dion Enari, and Phil Borell

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Why South African companies can’t ignore menopause anymoreLien Potgieter

Findings from The Age of Proteinmaxxing and the Future of Protein Demand report indicate that high-protein food, drinks and supplements generated more than $3tn in retail sales in 2025 alone. Image credit:

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Think pink, check yourself: Gen Z needs to take the baton in breast cancer awareness

Jessica Gbedemah 13 Oct 2025

Pharmacists can initiate people with HIV on antiretroviral treatment, the Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled. Photo: GroundUp Staff

Pharmacists can treat people with HIV, appeal court rules

10 Oct 2025

Source: Reuters/Yves Herman; South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meet in Brussels, Belgium, 9 October 2025.

South Africa lands €11.5bn EU funding

Sfundo Parakozov 10 Oct 2025

Get instant discounts with Dis-Chem's Better Rewards programme

Get instant discounts with Dis-Chem's Better Rewards programme

10 Oct 2025

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Mine matters: Why you need to pay attention to your workforce’s mental well-being

Reinette Lotz 10 Oct 2025

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Vitality Sleep Rewards: Discovery brings Ōura Ring 4 to South Africa

10 Oct 2025

Why your best skin is yet to come

Why your best skin is yet to come

Skin Renewal 9 Oct 2025

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#FluxxAwards: PinkDrive CEO wins Social Impact Influencer award

9 Oct 2025

Joe Public turns street studs into street nipples for Breast Cancer UK

Joe Public turns street studs into street nipples for Breast Cancer UK

Joe Public 8 Oct 2025

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Vaccines and motherhood: Are AI-generated health messages working in Kenya and Nigeria?

Yewande O. Addie 8 Oct 2025

Jockey amplifies support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month with PinkDrive partnership

Jockey amplifies support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month with PinkDrive partnership

Jockey South Africa 7 Oct 2025

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Nobel prize awarded for discovery of immune system’s ‘security guards’

Tracy Hussell 7 Oct 2025

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Profmed’s Pink Room | Centring survivors in breast cancer awareness

7 Oct 2025

Cohsasa celebrates 30 years of strengthening healthcare quality across Africa

Cohsasa celebrates 30 years of strengthening healthcare quality across Africa

COHSASA 6 Oct 2025

On-the-go solutions drive the future of weight management

On-the-go solutions drive the future of weight management

Insight Survey 6 Oct 2025

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"Not only waistlines, but lifespans” — Dr Tommie Smook on GLP-1s

6 Oct 2025

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Can Rooibos extract help treat breast cancer?

6 Oct 2025

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Mommy Club's Nozipho Ntshangase on social media's cosmetic surgery red flags

3 Oct 2025

Dozens of people, many of them health workers, picketed outside Red Cross Hospital on Thursday. Photos: Matthew Hirsch

Health workers picket for flotilla to be protected

Matthew Hirsch 3 Oct 2025

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Is TikTok right? Should I avoid matcha if I have low iron?

Margaret Murray 2 Oct 2025

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Global shockwave: The impact of US tariffs on pharmaceutical trade

2 Oct 2025

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First dyslexia screening tool for isiXhosa learners

1 Oct 2025

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Discovery Health announces 7.2% increase in 2026 contributions: What you need to know

1 Oct 2025

Hormones, menopause, and cancer: Cansa’s call to action this October

Hormones, menopause, and cancer: Cansa’s call to action this October

CANSA 1 Oct 2025

Skin tightening and body contouring that works

Skin tightening and body contouring that works

Skin Renewal 30 Sep 2025

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Mediclinic’s impactful partnership with Unjani Clinics

30 Sep 2025

Bizcommunity announces theme for BizTrends2026

Bizcommunity announces theme for BizTrends2026

Bizcommunity.com 29 Sep 2025

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The rise of victimhood culture: How TikTok glorifies trauma narratives

Jessica Gbedemah 29 Sep 2025

Herbal remedies take centre stage in South Africa’s Cough, Cold and Flu market

Herbal remedies take centre stage in South Africa’s Cough, Cold and Flu market

Insight Survey 29 Sep 2025

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South Africa's innovative obesity prevention earns UN award

29 Sep 2025

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South Africa's AI Diagnostics and hearX Foundation selected for Turn.io’s 2025 Chat for Health & AI Accelerator

16 Sep 2025

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Nigerian doctors take up strike action over wages and welfare

15 Sep 2025

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#WHXCapeTown: Why aren't more African women offered IR for fibroid treatment?

Maroefah Smith 8 Sep 2025

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Breast cancer: new study finds genetic risk in African women

Mahtaab Hayat and Jean-Tristan Brandenburg 5 Sep 2025

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