One in five pregnant women and new mothers living in peri-urban areas investigated in UCT's Drakenstein Child Health Study are likely to experience suicidal thoughts...
The Covid-19 pandemic has so fundamentally changed our world that 'hope' has become an essential quality that leaders must bring to their working environments...
Auguste Coetzer, Issued by People Power Placements SA 5 Mar 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic caught the country unaware, but several lessons can be drawn from the crisis as we look ahead into implementing the National Health Insurance (NHI)...
In a country with a chronic shortage of healthcare professionals, and a significant disease burden, it may come as no surprise to hear that doctors are 2.5 times more likely than anyone else to take their own lives...
Issued by Cipla 29 May 2020
New York Festivals 2020 AME Awards has announced its 2020 finalists, honouring effective work that works...
The marketing environment in South Africa is in chaos. There is no other way of describing the loss of R50bn a year through ill-considered strategy, bad advertising and lack of research...
Chris Moerdyk 25 Feb 2020
Worldwide about 10-20% of children and youth experience mental disorders. However, it is often difficult to determine the causes behind these conditions, disorders and diseases...
South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic in the world. An estimated 7.2-million people are living with HIV and 4.4 million are on antiretroviral therapy...
Franziska Meinck 17 Jul 2019
From dealing with the stress of exams to coping with the anxiety of building a successful future, students tend to have a lot on their plates...
Issued by Vega School 10 Jul 2019
Patrick Melrose, winner of Best Mini-Series at The British Academy TV Awards (BAFTAs) in May 2019, is now streaming first on Showmax in South Africa...
Issued by Showmax 5 Jun 2019
With the spotlight being turned on mental health disorders it has pushed depression to the forefront making it possible for 300 million people of all ages across the world to get help...
Issued by MiWayLife 31 May 2019
The mental strain on medical professionals working in South Africa can be immense, and levels of depression and mental fatigue are particularly high among professionals who dedicate their lives to the treatment of others...
Issued by Cipla 27 May 2019
South Africa's chronic medical human resources shortage puts overloaded healthcare professionals at greater risk of burnout, endangering both them and their patients...
Botswana's High Court is considering a challenge to the provisions of the penal code criminalising consensual same-sex relations in the country...
Andrew Novak 19 Mar 2019
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), South Africa has the sixth highest rate of suicide in Africa, with approximately 11.6 of every 100,000 people in the country completing suicide...
Issued by Cipla 18 Sep 2018
This #YouthMonth I want to address something serious, something that we usually avoid talking about and something I wrangle with personally...
Charles Siboto 14 Jun 2018
AI is undergoing a period of massive expansion...
Dan McQuillan 24 Apr 2018
Daniel Baron had a stellar 2017 and moves into 2018 with a wonderful new summer single called Summer Sun with Euphonik. Daniel is a South African award-winning, chart-topping singer/songwriter/producer with 15 radio chart hits and five number ones to his name.
Martin Myers 10 Jan 2018
The fire at Grenfell Tower has catapulted high-rise social housing into the public consciousness, in a way not seen since the 1960s...
Royce Turner and Andrea Wigfield 8 Dec 2017
Facebook earlier this week said it was stepping up the use of artificial intelligence to identify members of the leading social network who may be thinking of suicide...
On 17 January 1977, Gary Gilmore was executed by firing squad for two murders he committed in Utah. His final words: "Let's do it"...
Damon Stapleton 7 Nov 2017
If ailing South African Airways (SAA) were to reduce its scheduled flights, it could help to get rid of the "suicidally" cheap tickets at the bottom end of the domestic market, says Comair CEO Erik Venter...
Boda boda - "a type of motorcycle or bicycle with space for a passenger or for carrying goods, often used as a taxi" - is now a word in the English language...
Bernard Tabaire 2 Jun 2017
Guest reviews management is an integral part of any successful hotel marketing strategy. The reason for this is simple, online reviews influence booking decisions and ultimately, a hotel's revenue...
Issued by 356 Oak Holdings 3 Apr 2017
A post-discharge programme aimed at reducing incidence of hospital readmissions has been launched...
If there's one feel-good film you cannot miss, it's the inspirational story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, a loveable underdog with a never-say-die attitude...
Daniel Dercksen 8 Apr 2016
When was the last time you heard a senior executive say "I'm just too busy?" The claims of being too busy are primarily an admittance to suffering from 'busylepsy'...
Naseem Javed 30 Mar 2016
Product endorsement has long been recognised as a powerful advertising tool and South African advertising history is littered with great examples...
Chris Brewer 7 Mar 2016
Wanting South Africa to avoid the epidemic of psychotropic drug abuse of children, as seen in the US, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) has launched a campaign to inform South African parents and teachers about prescribed psychotropic drug risks in children.
The dismal rain season coupled with sustained record-breaking temperatures have decimated livestock and made planting largely impossible...
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In this ultra-connected, real time world, death was streamed live this week in two significant game changing events: via Periscope from the Bangkok bomb blast by an eyewitness; and by the murderer who killed two journalists live on breakfast TV in the US...
Louise Marsland 28 Aug 2015
Brooklyn Brothers, an authentic modern American diner experience whose speciality is buffalo-style chicken wings, has arrived in SA. The stores feature a creative Brooklyn, New York-inspired theme, accompanied by a touch of modern décor and urban fittings...
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa handed out pamphlets and engaged with residents of Welkom in the Free State during the national commemoration of World Aids Day...
Nosihle Shelembe 2 Dec 2014
It's a mad, mad world at the intimate Alexander Upstairs Theatre with The Open Couple at war, schizophrenia unmasked in Smaarties, and reality and fantasy clashing head-on in Something Outrageous.
Daniel Dercksen 18 Nov 2014
I received an email from a colleague this week asking me to sign a petition against local cellular networks taking 50% profit from revenue generated by SMS text messaging in aid of charity...
Chris Moerdyk 14 Nov 2014
There is a rather interesting development that caught my attention recently. No, the micro beer industry is not new, however its nascent ubiquity in Cape Town city is...
Owen Mbundu 22 Jul 2014
With too much newly printed money in circulation and our economic growth stunted and tethering on the verge of another recession, retailers in South Africa are certainly under immense pressure to deliver on annual targets and growth.
Callie van der Merwe 30 Jun 2014
If you could get your client R24.5m editorial coverage for two months (Jan and February), would you have happy clients or what?
Marion Scher 31 Mar 2014
Most business people in South Africa with even the slightest capitalist leanings would have been horrified at the sheer arrogance of the National Union of Metal Workers (Numsa) response to BMW's announcement that it might reconsider further investment in South Africa due to loss of production through labour unrest.
Chris Moerdyk 8 Oct 2013
The mood changes of a 'Jekyll-and-Hyde' protein, which sometimes boosts tumour cell growth and at other times suppresses it, have been explained in a new study led by Oxford University researchers.
SA skin-care brand Bio-Oil is a worldwide success story, and the core product of Union Swiss, a multi-million dollar company that sells Bio-Oil in over 50 countries worldwide.
With cyber-bullying a burning social issue, the rugby fraternity has shown its collective strength as a suicidal rugby forum contributor in New Zealand posted his suicide note on South Africa's PlanetRugby Chat Forum.
With cyber-bullying a burning social issue, the Rugby fraternity this week showed its collective strength, as a suicidal rugby forum contributor in New Zealand posted his suicide note on South Africa's world-famous PlanetRugby Chat Forum.
Issued by Ole!Connect 18 Jun 2013
Let's just jump right in and cut straight through: thank God this album is available for free right now, because these words will never be able to explain the grinding, rickety noise that is the Great Apes eponymous debut.
Johann M. Smith 16 Oct 2012
I have to admire the audacity and passion of the people at e.tv. At first glance, plans to take its 24-hour news channel, operated by sister company e.Sat TV to the UK, might seem suicidally ambitious, but when you think about it, the idea makes a lot of sense.
Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk 10 Aug 2012
If one were to review the reasons for a failed business, mistakes in marketing, finance and employment are hardly ever the primary factors. Many companies go under despite a solid product offering, skilled resources and detailed financial plans.
Charles Pittaway 20 Apr 2012
According to the recently released FNB/BER Building Confidence Index for the first quarter of 2012, building confidence amongst building contractors, manufacturers of building materials and quantity surveyors has increased. The results suggest that the building sector has bottomed and is indeed recovering, albeit slowly.
A few years ago I calculated that, every year in South Africa, roughly R50 billion was wasted on ill-conceived or just plain bad marketing. So, have things improved? Is marketing still efficient or continuing to shed money as though there was no tomorrow?
Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk 5 Apr 2012