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Checkers launches limited-edition Booberries to help fight breast cancer

Checkers launches limited-edition Booberries to help fight breast cancer

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“Ozempic face” and the GLP-1 boom are changing the face of beautyMaroefah Smith

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Carrol Boyes, Cansa put pen to paper for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

6 Oct 2026

This October, Spar’s water bottles carry a hidden breast cancer message

This October, Spar’s water bottles carry a hidden breast cancer message

5 Oct 2026

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“Ozempic face” and the GLP-1 boom are changing the face of beauty

Maroefah Smith 25 Sep 2026

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SA-Korean duo behind Bephor is giving K-beauty hair care Mzansi flair

Maroefah Smith 17 Sep 2026

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#WomensHealthMatters: Spar is ensuring menstruation never becomes a barrier

Maroefah Smith 16 Sep 2026

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#WomensHealthMatters: Discovery Health sponsors women’s health conference

Maroefah Smith 11 Sep 2026

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SA hasn’t built a menopause policy yet. A chance to get it right first time

Dr Juanri Jonck 10 Sep 2026

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Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro could “fuel the fire” of mental illness, warns psychiatrist

7 Sep 2026

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

2 Sep 2026

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

Maroefah Smith 1 Sep 2026

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

Fairlady Hot! Time Out is back!

Fairlady Hot! Time Out is back!

Media24 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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Living well, every day: The rise of lifestyle-led estates Like Simbithi

28 Apr 2026

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