Protect yourself from financially abusive relationships with these three strategies

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Women are more likely to experience financial abuse since it can happen in tandem with other forms of abuse.

South Africa’s Constitutional Court at 30: Successes and failures

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Professor Emeritus of Public Law at the UCT Hugh Corder. says that the Constitutional Court has played a leading role in realising constitutional justice over the ...

Robo-advisors - the pros and cons of using AI in investing

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Portfolios built by robo-advisers may also be more resilient during market downturns, effectively managing risk and protecting investments.

The rise of African prophets

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The unchecked power of the leaders of Pentecostal churches

Insulin injections could be replaced by rock n roll

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While researchers are developing pills that resist digestion in the stomach and skin patches that monitor blood sugar and automatically release insulin, the most ...

Reign of terror lingers

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For the Osage Nation, the betrayal of the murders depicted in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ lingers

Watching movies for your mental health

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Many of us enjoy sitting down to watch a good film because of the way movies can make us feel. A sad film might help us release our emotions, or a comedy might lift ...

As I lay me down to lie awake

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There are many, varied reasons why people have insomnia including biological changes as we age or because of our hormones, physical or mental health issues, the ...

Return to the wild for farm rhinos

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A new report has bad news for Earth’s five surviving species of rhino.

Diabetes targets would cost more but the impact would be worth it: here’s how

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Setting global health targets, which is often done by multinational organisations, such as the United Nations or World Health Organisation (WHO), is commonly used ...

SA higher education needs to be more realistic in addressing the funding crisis

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The higher education system lacks the understanding of needs, resources, challenges and vision in order to solve the ongoing funding crisis.

How to help your child with maths

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The Covid-19 pandemic has left a change in the education system, one that demands parents’ involvement in their child’s schoolwork. Here are tips to help you teach ...

Opinion What makes our construction industry dangerous?

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In South Africa, the construction industry accounts for around 8% of total formal employment and around 17% of total informal employment.

Streaming ahead of the movie pack

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If anyone won the Oscars this year it was Netflix - the reward for its industry disruption

Profound shift in approach to managing SA is what is needed

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SA adopted an inflation-targeting policy regime in 2000, and there has been concerns the Sarb is being rigid with its focus on price stability.

Will Agrizzi graft evidence matter?

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Only if Ramaphosa delivers a clear election victory and establishes an independent prosecuting authority.

Time of empty promises is over for ANC

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Launching the ANC’s 2019 general election manifesto, President Cyril Ramaphosa lauded the successes of the last 25 years of democracy.

Union's decline impacts ANC support base

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Cosatu regularly insists that its support for the ANC is conditional on the governing party adopting union-friendly policies

Is love at first sight just an illusion?

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Shakespeare shows how love at first sight can be as true as any love

How contracts drawn up as comic strips are being put to use in South Africa

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Comic Contracts are visually dominant contracts “written” in pictures.

Vegan diet: how your body changes from day one

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Research suggests that veganism can have health benefits, if well-planned.

Changing South Africa's Constitution

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Several steps have to be taken before supreme law of the land is amended

Keto diet will bear fruits if you stick to it

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The diet got its name because ketones are the source of energy that the body uses when it’s burning fat.

#LunarEclipse2018: What's the big deal?

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The Conversation unpacks the importance of the longest full lunar eclipse this century, what can be learnt, and what you will see.

Poll shows opposition have closed gap on Zanu-PF

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With victory, they say, donors and dollars will flood into the country they have resurrected from nearly two moribund decades and Zimbabwe will thrive.