August marks Women's Month, two years after the Total Shutdown movement which highlighted the plight of women and children.The march led to the first ever gender-based violence summit being held.But have we made progress as the death of women and children at the hands of men continues in our society?In August 2018, there was a…
The first year theology student dreamt of becoming a preacher. (Facebook, Jesse Hess) The lifeless bodies of Jesse Hess and her grandfather Chris Lategan were found in their Parow home on 30 August 2019.Hess, 19, was an aspiring pastor and a first-year University of the Western Cape theology student.Relations within her family have strained following the…
Meghan Cremer was found dead on 8 August 2019.Her mother, Gill, says her life has changed completely.A crowdfunding campaign has been launched by her friend Lize Hartley, in her honour to encourage female empowerment, leadership and self-defence skills.Meghan Cremer, 29, was a horse rider and bakery manager in Cape Town.It's been a year since she…
The interim director of the South African Medical Research Council's (SAMRC) Gender Health Research Unit, Naeemah Abrahams, believes that despite cases of gender-based violence making headlines every single year, the situation is improving. Responding to the murder of Tshegofatso Pule, which sparked widespread social media outrage, Abrahams said changing men’s behaviour would be the only way…
4 min read WHEN YOU'RE TELLING a horror story that's based around a family function or family dynamic, it's important to make sure you're getting the parents just right. Ari Aster's Hereditary, which came out in 2018, hit the nail right on the head, casting Toni Collette as the film's lead—and the increasingly unhinged (and
Dietitians regularly talk up the importance of having variety in your diet to make sure you hit your nutritional needs. But new research suggests that’s actually not helpful—at least, not when you’re trying to lose weight. The study, which was published in the journal Health Psychology, makes a strong case for sticking with the same
Can't see the audio player? Listen on: The Host The Trump administration this week missed a deadline to nominate a new director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Without a nominee, current acting Director Jay Bhattacharya — who is also the director of the National Institutes of Health — has to give up