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“I have a pinched nerve”, “I popped a disc”, “I have Sciatica,” are all symptoms of back pain or leg pain due to compression and inflammation of spinal nerves or nerve roots of the lumbar spine. By Donnè Conradie
We all love a good story. For some it is a love story, others like crime and others action. The financial numbers in a business also tell a story to the stakeholders. If accounting is the language of business – then financial ratios help you read between the lines! By Gerty Green
Without an internet connection what’s the point of turning your computer on. Working life exists inside connections made. We need to synchronise email, make payments, find clients, or research products.
At 47 she dances for four hours daily on weekdays with her students. Tanya Jacobs has been teaching various forms of dancing at her interactive studio in Hartbeespoort for the past 30 years. By Carla van der Spuy
Singer, songwriter, Gemma Griffiths, is back with her latest offering, City Life, taken off her forthcoming sophomore EP, A Girl From Harare. By Ben Mwale
Drought is a “prolonged period of dry spells that affects the condition and quality of the soil”. Hot temperatures can make it worse. by Marinda Sauerman
Organisations are facing challenges in defining what their brand stands for in a world being reconfigured by powerful forces including a global pandemic and climate change. How do they do so in a way that avoids being a worn-out cliché?
I was born in KwaMashu township in Kwazulu-Natal as Mqondisi Ngubane, or “MQ.” I was named by my grandmother who envisioned me as a “Mqondisi,” an isiXhosa word meaning “director”. This turned out to be prophetic – my name heralded my future – it was as if it was known from my birth that my destiny was to become a director.
Traditional community activity meant playing with our friends in the streets till you were called by your parents. We rode our bikes everywhere without being worried about being kidnapped or robbed. Having sports tournaments in an open field for several days, each day following the action of the day before while the community came to cheer us on was common practice. Wow! Has that changed?
Running a business costs money. Particularly overhead costs can sneak up before you realize it is out of control. Overhead costs also have a direct influence in determining the profit of the business and can contribute to cash flow problems. By Gerty Green
There are 3 prominent reasons why SME’s in South Africa battle to keep a business going for longer than 2 years. One being the inability to secure funding. Another is cash flow management. But the one big reason why businesses battle to secure a sustainable future, is the lack of a strategic plan. By Linda Botts
I always wanted to become a surgeon and applied at the University of Pretoria. I truly believed that this is what I wanted to do. by Madeleine Nilson
My name is Ncumisa Mkabile, I’m 27 years old female farmer from Khayelitsha in Cape Town.
Optique means “Optical” in French, a collective noun describing what the team at Optique do as Optometrists.
Thato Kelefetswe, is a 14 year old grade 9 student from Hartbeespoort who’s biggest aspiration in life is to stay virtuous. He shares his philosophy. By Thato Kelefetswe
Here is Dante’s story. At his birth on December 10, 2014, Dante was diagnosed with a rare heart condition called Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). This a rare heart condition is caused by a combination of four heart defects and causes oxygen-poor blood to flow out of his heart and into the rest of his body.
