To quote Prof Swilling: “What South Africa needs to realise is that no matter what the President or the cabinet may decide today (and no matter how sound their policies are), nothing will stop load shedding tomorrow.”
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Having a baby involves a lot of additional costs no matter how carefully you budget. So, the last thing new parents should have to worry about is whether the state will honour their obligation to pay UIF in a time- sensitive matter.
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Famously Ariel sings: “Wish I could be… part of that world.” That is good and fine for a mermaid who wants to be out of the sea, but no child should feel that about the world that they live in.
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Hamba Kahle Queen Elizabeth. God did indeed save you for a long time. May you now rest in peace
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So, from all the polls we can only really conclude that support for the ANC is on the decline, but how much exactly, only time will tell.
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As another Women’s Month wraps up, I have to say that I feel even worse about the status of women in this country; this column simply highlights for me how far women in South Africa still have to go to.
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Is the government seriously suggesting that consumers aren’t clever enough to know the difference between “vegan veggie biltong” and beef biltong?
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“Where did they go?” I asked Prof Pichegru. “That is the problem,” she answered sadly. “Once penguins established breeding grounds, they don’t move. They die.”
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To the women reading this: next time a doctor suggests that you should go to a psychologists because you are most probably just stressed or that it happens to women “at your age”, find a second opinion from a doctor that is empathetic and kind.
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