57+ min ago  (263+ words) Young employees are increasingly vulnerable to injury from occupational and workplace hazards, especially in construction, signalling serious gaps in safety education and protocols for inexperienced workers. This is according to Nazeer Hoosen, CEO of the Federated Employers Mutual Assurance Company....

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (152+ words) A study by academics linked to Stellenbosch University and Erasmus University in Rotterdam has found evidence of a decline in the mental health of adolescents ageing out of South Africa’s child support grant (CSG). The grant, meant to eradicate widespread…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (430+ words) The devastating effects of the Enyobeni disaster on June 26 2022 continue to reverberate through the KuGompo City community. Four years later, the questions persist and the wounds of the families of the 21 young people who died in the crowded Scenery Park…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (422+ words) “A workman is not just a workman. A labourer is not just a labourer. An office worker is not just an office worker. They are living, breathing, important pillars on which the entire structure of our civilisation is erected. They…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (211+ words) Nearly six months after Bevan van Druten was accused of killing his girlfriend, Nicky van Heerden, he is still waiting for a bed at a psychiatric hospital for his mental state to be evaluated. Van Druten, 53, a well-known Garden Route…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (799+ words) From marches to lectures, Nelson Mandela Bay was abuzz on Tuesday with a number of events hosted around the metro to commemorate Youth Day. While each of the events highlighted struggles, accomplishments and new goals to mark the 50th anniversary of…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (480+ words) Counselling psychologist and executive coach Greg Smith is encouraging readers to rethink their relationship with sadness, grief, fear and other uncomfortable emotions in his newly released book, In Pursuit of Sadness: Gateway to Authentic Happiness. The book is so powerful,…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (638+ words) Story audio is generated using AI Women from across Nelson Mandela Bay recently gathered for a morning of reflection, empowerment and deeply personal storytelling at the latest Women’s Circle Workshop. The monthly workshop, founded in 2021 and hosted by Michelle Brown…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (666+ words) Story audio is generated using AI Nelson Mandela University doctoral graduate, Dr Musa Aminu, has achieved the extraordinary by overcoming drug addiction to earn a PhD focused on the neuroscience of the addictive brain. Aminu, born in northern Nigeria, overcame…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (374+ words) There’s a fundamental shift happening in how people approach health — and it has nothing to do with punishing longevity regimes. Instead a growing global movement is turning its attention to something far more accessible and scientifically grounded: cellular health. From…...