Sifiso Skenjana (supplied) SA's young people continue to face severe challenges – worsening unemployment, inequality and poverty. Two key areas need attention in order to address this.Firstly, as Covid-19 further drives a migration to digital learning, online qualifications must be recognised by qualifications authorities. Secondly, the cost of job seeking cause many young people to…
Africa holds most of the uncultivated arable land in the world, and is rich in mineral deposits. But the continent's potential isn't being reached due to a lack of investment and poor infrastructure that has failed to transform economies. The continent is also poorly integrated. Holding key strategic positions, South Africa can be a key driver of better…
Sifiso Skenjana (supplied) Binge drinking impacts productivity. Working remotely, employees can hide the effects of drinking on the job - or having a hangover - more easily. The coronavirus gives us an opportunity to revisit policies on drinking and the workplace, to see if there's a way to reduce losses. As the country adjusts to alert Level 3,…
In 2013, a scientist at Abbott Laboratories saw study results with potentially big implications for the company’s profits and the lives of some of the world’s most fragile people: preterm infants. The upshot, she wrote in an email: Babies fed rival Mead Johnson Nutrition’s acidified liquid human milk fortifier — a nutritional supplement used in
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