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To go Solar or not to go Solar?

ecoming increasingly popular in South Africa due to growing government incentives and declining installation costs. With the introduction of cheaper photovoltaic systems, more South Africans are looking into switching to solar power. But is solar power a good choice for your home or business in South Africa?

The good, the bad and the ugly of Women’s Day

This day is a positive tribute to gender equality and women’s rights. 9 August 1956 marks the day that about 20,000 women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest legislation that gave the government control over the movement of black women in urban areas by amalgamating the hated Pass Laws into one Act which would extend its power to include the restriction of the movement of black women in designated white areas.

SA Hear my Voice: How to handle “it”

I live in a generation where standards and trends are set based on likes, follows and shares. There is an ideal of the so-called “it”-girl, who every 18 to 25-year-old strives to be. I, an impressionable 21-year-old student, was one of those girls who in January decided to become “it” for herself. It’s April, and let me tell you, “it” is not going as planned. Ané Janse van Rensburg