The financial services sector has had ample time to effect transformation but has chosen not to.The demographics of the economically active population in South Africa are 78% African Blacks; but White employees occupy 66.5% of top management positions.Directors and shareholders must be visibly supportive of diversity initiatives and be seen to walk the talk.Is it…
Robyn Porteous writes that one of the reasons white people struggle to acknowledge racism is because of the way it is framed in their minds. Often, discussions of whiteness and racism only inspires defensiveness. Eyesights sharpen, energy rips through the body, and the impulse arises to oppose whatever comes next - without considering if it makes…
Personally and in the public sphere, South Africa is ill-equipped to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic as the country heads towards it peak, writes Angelo Fick. The Covid-19 global pandemic is testing us, and we are not faring well. Not thus far.As individuals, organisations and communities, we are still having to figure out how to make…
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed our way of life and with it has brought some mental challenges. Leonard Carr writes that this is also a time to re-evaluate and to grow. The world and our lives as we knew it have, for the past few months, been in the process of undergoing sudden and radical change. Old…
The Covid-19 pandemic has not only revealed flaws in the way the ANC governs, but has also shown the DA and EFF's true colours, argues Ivor Sarakinsky. In a strange way, early lockdown was so much easier to handle. The threat was clear. The message was coherent. We all braced ourselves for the storm.When it didn't…
4 min read UP TO 50 million men in the U.S. have erectile dysfunction, and it’s a condition that gets more common with age. Some pop a pill before sex, and then there are those who prefer to zap their penises to get an erection. Yes, really. Shock wave therapy is on the rise for
Published: September 07, 2026, 12:03 am The Indonesian Government has been urged to stop its case-by-case approach to poisoning incidents connected to the school meals program. The MBG Watch Coalition said the government should declare an official food poisoning outbreak or a food safety emergency. In January 2025, the government launched a Free Nutritious Meal
Published: September 05, 2026, 10:04 pm Foods Alive Inc of Angola, IN, is recalling its 8-ounce packages of organic moringa leaf powder because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled organic moringa leaf powder was distributed nationwide in retail stores and through online sellers including but not limited to www.foodsalive.com. The
