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Is this the future of retirement living? Inside the V&A Waterfront’s Bower

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#WomensMonth: WM&R Naturals’ Thato Bosealetse is boosting SA’s beauty economy

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Fairlady Hot! Time Out is back!

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27 Aug 2026

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Dr Carrie Minnaar and the modulated electro-hyperthermia device used in the landmark phase III randomised controlled trial at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital through Wits University on locally advanced cervical cancer. Image supplied.

Bringing the HEAT: New women-led foundation boosts SA’s cervical cancer elimination strat

27 Aug 2026

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#WomensMonth: The doctor-turned-entrepreneur who’s making an impact on SA women’s health

Maroefah Smith 26 Aug 2026

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#WomensMonth | Stressed and blessed: South African women are not doing well

Maroefah Smith 25 Aug 2026

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SA pad maker DGN expands menstrual care across SADC

19 Aug 2026

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#WomensMonth | A little reminder to book that Pap smear this Women’s Month

Chloe Posthumus 18 Aug 2026

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Why South African companies can’t ignore menopause anymore

Lien Potgieter 13 Aug 2026

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Is the Ariana Grande discourse a concern or public scrutiny?

Maroefah Smith 4 Aug 2026

ILDS’s newly established Strategic Working Group on Skin Bleaching aims to challenge the allure of skin bleaching, which the controversial South African personality often promotes. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

New global campaign wants to dispel allure of skin bleaching

29 Jul 2026

Breast cancer screening in South Africa: Balancing early detection with appropriate care

Breast cancer screening in South Africa: Balancing early detection with appropriate care

Dr Fatima Hoosain, MANGO-OMC 28 Jul 2026

Professor Mike Sathekge – head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at UP and Steve Biko Academic Hospital, and president and CEO of NuMeRI – with his Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award at the announcement ceremony at the Brenthurst Library. Image supplied.

Nuclear medicine specialist receives R3m grant to turn tide against breast cancer

14 Jul 2026

To coincide with his Coachella performance, Hailey Bieber joined forces with her husband Justin Bieber on a beauty collab — peptide eye prep, spotwear (or pimple patches) and a peptide lip treatment. Image credit: Rhode/Instagram

Women’s health and men’s beauty: Gender shifts are having a moment

Maroefah Smith 25 Jun 2026

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Soothe operator: Why South African skin needs locally-made products

18 Jun 2026

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5 things SA's supplement industry must fix before making another capsule

Dr Juanri Jonck 10 Jun 2026

Separating fact from fiction in 2026’s most viral skincare trends

Dr Judey Pretorius 27 May 2026

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How Siv Ngesi’s MENstruation Foundation tackles period poverty

25 May 2026

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PCOS renamed to PMOS to improve diagnosis and care

13 May 2026

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Why do so many African women bleach their skin? Study looks beyond what they tell researchers

Oyenike Balogun 4 May 2026

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Pharma Dynamics launches South Africa’s first generic hormonal IUD

28 Apr 2026

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Living well, every day: The rise of lifestyle-led estates Like Simbithi

28 Apr 2026

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Why patients are choosing natural aesthetics over looking younger

24 Apr 2026

All About Eyes director and ophthalmologist Dr Anesu Madikane says that women don’t necessarily see (pun intended!) their eye health as a problem that needs attention. Image supplied.

Hormones and screentime threaten professional women's eye health

Maroefah Smith 23 Apr 2026

Merilynn Steenkamp from Roche Diagnostics explains how early and accurate diagnostics for preventable illnesses like cervical cancer, HIV, and TB can help protect women’s ability to stay economically active and support broader economic resilience. (Source: )

5 ways women’s health drives economic resilience

1 Apr 2026

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Are digital health tools the answer to making cancer screenings more accessible?

24 Mar 2026

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Pantry x Lelive: Why this Erewhon-inspired smoothie collaboration is brilliant

Maroefah Smith 23 Mar 2026

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Vibrant collaborative study pioneers microbiome-based treatment

20 Mar 2026

The Hyding: New luxury wellness retreat opens in Sandton

The Hyding: New luxury wellness retreat opens in Sandton

Maroefah Smith 12 Mar 2026

Laura Thomas, the creator of The Aligned Woman Co, says the advertising and media industry is not just experiencing female burnout; it is engineered for it (Image source: © 123rf )

#InternationalWomensDay | Female burnout epidemic in advertising and media industry

Laura Thomas 6 Mar 2026

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