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Health & Safety

Mine matters: Why you need to pay attention to your workforce’s mental well-being

Reinette Lotz 11 hours

Healthcare

Living with multiple chronic conditions cuts lives short – but Africans are overlooked in research

Isaac Kisiangani, Michele Ramsay, and Michelle Kamp 8 Apr 2025

Mental health

Healing trauma and building resilience: The role of art therapy in early childhood education

Nadia Lubowski 21 Jan 2025

Mental health

Mental health and motherhood: South Africa now has treatment guidelines, the trick will be to make them work

Simone Honikman, Saleha Suleman and Donela Besada 30 Dec 2024

From survivor’s guilt to strength: A journey through cancer and mental health

ESG

From survivor’s guilt to strength: A journey through cancer and mental health

Issued by Ignition Group 29 Oct 2024

Source: Supplied. Thabo Mogotlane, specialist psychiatrist at Mediclinic Legae.

Mental health

Mental health services crucial for South Africa’s township residents

7 Aug 2024

A Judicial Conduct Tribunal has cleared Gauteng High Court Judge Nomonde Mngqibisa-Thusi of charges of gross misconduct, which could have seen her removed from office. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Law Practice

Judge Mngqibisa-Thusi cleared of gross misconduct charges

Tania Broughton 18 Jun 2024

Source: © 123rf The Sanef has once again partnered with the SADAG) to help journalists deal with the many traumatic stories they cover.

Media

Sanef partners with SADAG to help journalists cope with trauma

30 May 2024

Source: Unicef.

Mental health

South African Society of Psychiatrists urges global action amid Middle East crisis

Seape Sebolelo 9 Nov 2023

Mental health

Financial security, insurance, and partnerships: Key tools for tackling global mental-health challenges

30 Oct 2023

Impact of breast cancer on mental health

Oncology

Impact of breast cancer on mental health

Issued by CANSA 29 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied.

Mental health

Growing demand for mental health assistance among South African youth

31 Jul 2023

How short courses boost professional development and lifelong learning

Education

How short courses boost professional development and lifelong learning

Issued by SACAP 21 Oct 2022

A widely circulated video showed Richard Prinsloo, a teacher, being assaulted by a learner. Judge Takalani Ratshibvumo has ruled that Prinsloo can sue the education department. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Law Practice

Teacher assaulted by learner given green light to sue education department

4 Jul 2022

#OnTheBigScreen: Firestarter, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Indemnity

Film

#OnTheBigScreen: Firestarter, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Indemnity

Daniel Dercksen 13 May 2022

#BizTrends2022: The year to be mindful

Trends

#BizTrends2022: The year to be mindful

Helen Nicholson 25 Jan 2022

Source: © Rob Marmion

Mental health

Business sector mental illness crisis looms

Kreshnee Govender 2 Nov 2021

Nurses Maxine MacNamara (left), Clare Wepener, and Nicky Krynauw, who work at Life Healthcare’s Vincent Pallotti Hospital in Pinelands. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks

Covid-19

What it's like being a nurse during a pandemic

James Stent & Mary-Anne Gontsana 2 Jun 2021

Ebola survivors: their health struggles and how best to support them

Infectious Diseases

Ebola survivors: their health struggles and how best to support them

Peter B James, Abdulai Jawo Ba, Amie Steel, Jon Adams & Jon Wardle 28 May 2021

20% of new mothers in peri-urban areas suffer from suicidal thoughts

Mental health

20% of new mothers in peri-urban areas suffer from suicidal thoughts

30 Apr 2021

When can employees claim damages direct from an employer?

Labour Law

When can employees claim damages direct from an employer?

29 Mar 2021

Nurses attend the 2015 International Nurses’ Day celebrations in Johannesburg, South Africa. Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Education & Training

Beyond Florence Nightingale: how African nurses have decolonised the profession

Timothy A Carey, Agnes Binagwaho & Judy Khanyola 10 Jul 2020

Help youth navigate through the digital world

Technology

Help youth navigate through the digital world

5 Feb 2020

Komape family awarded R1.4 million for emotional shock and grief

Public Liability & Personal Injury

Komape family awarded R1.4 million for emotional shock and grief

Ciaran Ryan 19 Dec 2019

Let's talk therapy. Together we can break the stigma around mental health

Mental health

Let's talk therapy. Together we can break the stigma around mental health

Michael Hathorn, Issued by Ginkgo Agency 10 Oct 2019

Workplace bullying vs unfair labour practices: What's the difference?

Labour Law & Unions

Workplace bullying vs unfair labour practices: What's the difference?

25 Sep 2019

Women report abuse during delivery. Shutterstock

Women's Health

#WomensMonth: Subtle abuse affects women during childbirth

Patience Afulani 7 Aug 2019

A woman receiving an oral cholera vaccine in Beira, Mozambique. Celeste Mac-Arthur

Public Health

Cyclone Idai is over - but its health effects will be felt for a long time

Kerrigan McCarthy & Lucille Blumberg 15 Apr 2019

Cape Town Film Fest crowns 2018 winners

Film

Cape Town Film Fest crowns 2018 winners

22 Oct 2018

Professor Soraya Seedat. Photo: Damien Schumann

Mental health

#WomensMonth: Probing the secrets of mind, body and soul

Jeanne van der Merwe 3 Aug 2018

#OnTheBigScreen: Soldiers, families and squirrels at war

Film

#OnTheBigScreen: Soldiers, families and squirrels at war

Daniel Dercksen 3 Jan 2018

Dr Stefanie Malan-Muller

Mental health

More than a gut feeling - the link between PTSD and microbes

30 Oct 2017

#MentalHealthAwarenessDay: Changing the way care is accessed

Mental health

#MentalHealthAwarenessDay: Changing the way care is accessed

10 Oct 2017

Freelancer.com identifies top 10 service businesses

Marketing & Media

Freelancer.com identifies top 10 service businesses

16 Feb 2017

When things go wrong. How to mitigate liability in the hospitality industry

Insurance & Actuarial

When things go wrong. How to mitigate liability in the hospitality industry

15 Dec 2016

PTSD: What every employer needs to know

Management & Leadership

PTSD: What every employer needs to know

12 Oct 2016

#WomensMonth: Lixesha Series - Rethabile Mashale Sonibare

Women's Month

#WomensMonth: Lixesha Series - Rethabile Mashale Sonibare

24 Aug 2016

How to deal with pets in your shop

CRM

How to deal with pets in your shop

Aki Kalliatakis 1 Jul 2016

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Technology

Cool applications for virtual reality that aren't just games

David Evans Bailey 23 Mar 2016

Beware international ads calling for egg donors

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Beware international ads calling for egg donors

9 Oct 2015

Children also suffer from mental health problems, often unnoticed

Mental health

Children also suffer from mental health problems, often unnoticed

9 Jun 2015

Reality check: What can you claim for a frog in a salad?

Regulatory

Reality check: What can you claim for a frog in a salad?

Neville Melville 19 Nov 2014

Juliette Attwell

BizCareers Column

[BizCareers] How to tell whether you've got the class bully as a boss

Juliette Attwell 15 Sep 2014

Depression and PTSD together dramatically increase risk of premature birth

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Depression and PTSD together dramatically increase risk of premature birth

Bill Hathaway 12 Jun 2014

Mental health

Psychology Festival of Learning kicks off on Wednesday

9 Sep 2013

Fat, sick and sad South Africans

Nutrition

Fat, sick and sad South Africans

7 Aug 2013

Go see Iron Man 3

Biz Lounge

Go see Iron Man 3

Charles Siboto 7 May 2013