Older people | Bizcommunity

Older people | Bizcommunity

News

Image credit: Emma Simpson on Unsplash

Public Health

Cultivating a culture of wellness

9 Jul 2025

Image credit: Nappy on Unsplash

Medical Aid

Why gap cover is pivotal for young professionals

James White 19 Jun 2025

The Big Cover Up secures R295,000 in funds for winter aid

Radio & Audio

The Big Cover Up secures R295,000 in funds for winter aid

Issued by OFM Radio 6 Jun 2025

OFM aims to cover central SA in blankets with The Big Cover Up

Radio & Audio

OFM aims to cover central SA in blankets with The Big Cover Up

Issued by OFM Radio 3 Jun 2025

Ocean Basket’s first burger? Head of food, Alet Kilchenmann, serves up menu innovation

Marketing

Ocean Basket’s first burger? Head of food, Alet Kilchenmann, serves up menu innovation

Danette Breitenbach 6 May 2025

Healthcare

Living with multiple chronic conditions cuts lives short – but Africans are overlooked in research

Isaac Kisiangani, Michele Ramsay, and Michelle Kamp 8 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf In a world of sameness, humans are not thinking, not applying themselves and not adding anything new, just melting into whatever the digital algorithm is feeds us

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Break free from brain rot, enshittification, move from digital sameness and embrace culture movements

Danette Breitenbach 31 Mar 2025

The isolation pandemic

Mental health

The isolation pandemic

Issued by Sonja Smith Elite Funeral Group 25 Feb 2025

Padel in SA: The next big thing or just another ‘elite thing’?

Research

Padel in SA: The next big thing or just another ‘elite thing’?

Issued by BrandMapp 18 Oct 2024

Covid-19

No new Covid-19 variant, claims Health

13 May 2024

An old woman hospitalized for dehydration during the recent record heat wave, receives IV drip while she is being consulted at an hospital in Niamey, Niger, 13 April 2024. Reuters/ Mahamadou Hamidou

Climate Change

Deadly heat in West Africa warns of climate change-driven scorchers to come

Boureima Balima and Abdel-Kader Mazou 18 Apr 2024

Source: SA government/@Twitter

Economy

Money and ageing: South African study shows cash grants help people live longer and have better memory function

14 Feb 2024

Property

Sectional title house prices rising faster than freehold – for first time in two decades

Andrew Golding 5 Feb 2024

Source: Advin Healthcare.

Noncommunicable diseases

TB vaccine: WHO expert explains why it's taken 100 years for a scientific breakthrough, and why it's such a big deal

Charles Shey Wiysonge 8 Nov 2023

Image source: fauxels from

Youth Employment

Why you should be employing younger staff

Sasha Knott and Kelly Louw 31 Jul 2023

Source: Supplied. Janice Masencamp, Head of Retirement Fund Consulting at NMG Benefits

Economy

'Unretirement' trend grows as older South Africans head back to work

Janice Masencamp 27 Jul 2023

Lightstone notes decline in youth buying homes, cars over last decade

Residential Property

Lightstone notes decline in youth buying homes, cars over last decade

17 Jul 2023

Demographic dynamics: Real estate's need to respond to shifting population trends

Trends

Demographic dynamics: Real estate's need to respond to shifting population trends

30 Jun 2023

Source: © Iakov Filimonov For young people to enter radio they need to be given the opportunity to get behind a microphone

Youth Month

#YouthMonth: Radio's challenge - Getting young people behind a microphone

Danette Breitenbach 29 Jun 2023

Image source: fizkes –

Management & Leadership

The 'Great Unretirement' and what it means for organisational longevity

Lyndy van den Barselaar 14 Jun 2023

#Newsmaker: TBWA/Hunt Lascaris' Carl Willoughby on his new role as CCO

Advertising

#Newsmaker: TBWA/Hunt Lascaris' Carl Willoughby on his new role as CCO

Danette Breitenbach 5 Jun 2023

Lightstone provides provincial snapshot of SA housing market

Residential Property

Lightstone provides provincial snapshot of SA housing market

30 May 2023

Don't fall for the myths: How to succeed with your small business startup in SA

SMEs

Don't fall for the myths: How to succeed with your small business startup in SA

Catherine Wijnberg 16 Feb 2023

Natashia Barnabas, IR Manager at Workforce Staffing

Trends

#BizTrends2023: Trends shaping the labour space in 2023 and beyond

Natashia Barnabas 17 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied.

Medtech

The Internet of Smart Clothing - yes, it's a thing and it could save your life

Katja Hamilton 11 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

National Renal Care opens specialised children's dialysis unit in Sandton

6 Dec 2022

Busting the diabetes food myths

Nutrition

Busting the diabetes food myths

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 2 Nov 2022

Youth urged to participate in land reform succession planning

Agriculture

Youth urged to participate in land reform succession planning

20 Jun 2022

#AfricaMonth: Ageism in African advertising

Africa Month

#AfricaMonth: Ageism in African advertising

Josephine Sebesho 23 May 2022

Image supplied: Janong founder Josephine Sebesho, head of Digital at Janong, Stefanie Davis and CEO of Rebelintown Jimmy Muteba

TV

Janong Digital Agency secures partnership with Rebelintown

18 May 2022

Tshwane shelters call for help as winter approaches

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Tshwane shelters call for help as winter approaches

Ezekiel Kekana 14 Apr 2022

16 tips for developing a strong business strategy

Business Plans

16 tips for developing a strong business strategy

Tara Turkington 10 Jan 2022

Source: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Public Health

Budget cuts leave Eastern Cape's elderly with no access to nursing

7 Dec 2021

Source: ©Mark Bowden

Medtech

First non-invasive benign prostate procedure performed in SA

11 Nov 2021

International efforts should prioritise equitable access to vaccines. Immanuel A.Afolabi/Majority World/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Covid-19

The impact of Covid-19 has been lower in Africa. We explore the reasons

Alex Ezeh, Michael Silverman & Saverio Stranges 18 Aug 2021

5 key reasons why basic income support for poor South Africans makes sense

Health & Social Welfare

5 key reasons why basic income support for poor South Africans makes sense

Stephen Devereux 2 Aug 2021

How resilient is SA's middle class in Covid times?

Research

How resilient is SA's middle class in Covid times?

Issued by BrandMapp 26 Jul 2021

Increasing vaccination calls for a targeted approach. Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Covid-19

South Africans are keener to get vaccinated. But many still need to be convinced

15 Jul 2021

Housing for informal settlement near Cape Town airport on hold

Affordable & Social Housing

Housing for informal settlement near Cape Town airport on hold

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 9 Jul 2021

Healthcare worker, Boitsholo Mfolo, inside the digital x-ray truck at one of Africa Health Research Institute’s mobile screening camps in rural KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Samora Chapman/ Africa Health Research Institute

Noncommunicable diseases

Study shows a huge burden of undiagnosed disease in a rural South African district

Emily B Wong 28 Jun 2021

New report unpacks pervasiveness of ageism, ableism in the workplace

Employment Equity

New report unpacks pervasiveness of ageism, ableism in the workplace

13 May 2021

Covid vaccine weekly: AstraZeneca supplies and efficacy under the microscope again

Covid-19

Covid vaccine weekly: AstraZeneca supplies and efficacy under the microscope again

Rob Reddick 29 Mar 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused some 85,000 deaths among South Africans over 60. Image: NIAID-RML (CC BY 2.0)

Covid-19

Nearly 85,000 older South Africans have probably died from Covid-19

James Stent 26 Jan 2021

Health care workers and patients in the temporary outside area Steve Biko Academic Hospital created to screen and treat suspected Covid-19 cases in Pretoria. Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Covid-19

South African scientists who discovered new Covid-19 variant share what they know

Willem Hanekom & Tulio de Oliveira 25 Jan 2021

Vaccine delays reveal unexpected weak link in supply chains: A shortage of workers

Supply Chain

Vaccine delays reveal unexpected weak link in supply chains: A shortage of workers

Anna Nagurney 11 Jan 2021

The Nigerian government struggles to contain Covid-19 while other diseases suffer some measure of neglect Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Where Covid-19 has left Nigeria's health system

Adejuwon Soyinka 14 Dec 2020

To suppress the Covid-19 pandemic, tens of millions of South Africans would have to be vaccinated. Nothing at that scale has been done here before. Photo: Armin Kübelbeck (CC-BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)

Covid-19

Vaccinating tens of millions of people will be very difficult

James Stent & Nathan Geffen 27 Nov 2020