Warts are a very common affliction, affecting mostly children and teenagers, although people of any age can get them. While they might be a minor inconvenience, warts can cause significant discomfort or embarrassment. Fortunately, certain warts can be easily treated with an over-the-counter remedy.
"Warts are common skin growths that can be spread from person to…
At the heart of it, South Africans are generally romantic people. For example, every year, high schools across the country celebrate the day by handing out friendship roses. From mid-January retail stores across the country will have already stocked their shelves with all manner of Valentine's Day memorabilia to satisfy demand for Valentine's Day gifts…
90% of people who have ever taken a photo have not used a camera. Those photos were taken on a phone.¹ Whatever phone you have and whatever you like to snap, there are a few fundamentals that can help improve almost any shot. Alright, let's jump in.
1. Clean your lens
Photos looking a little…
Nothing says 'I love you' quite like flowers. But an arrangement can say so much more than a single phrase, said florist Kylie Kaiser.
Flowers have a language of their own, and scripting poetry from petals is as important as the decision to give someone flowers in the first place.
She said: "Flowers have a language of…
Consumer research and analytics company, Eighty20, reports that almost 13-million South Africans shopped online in 2022. This excludes data, airtime and electricity and accounts for 37% of the population aged 15 years and older – that is a 6% increase from 2021. The 'Online Retail in South Africa 2022' study conducted by World Wide Worx…
2023 is rapidly shaping up to become a year of challenges locally and globally, with some international trends replicating themselves in South Africa, mixed in with unique challenges of our own. Whereas last year saw a great deal of so-called ‘quiet quitting’ as businesses returned to the office (much of it virtually), the approach of…
A New Year signifies a fresh start and a clean slate. It’s a new chance to be happy and healthy and you might even have listed a couple of new year's resolutions to help get your year started. There is never a right or wrong moment to living a healthier and happier life, but a…
Every year starts with a clean slate that we enthusiastically clutter with our good intentions. You might be promising yourself that you will be more physically active or shop more sustainably. You might be assuring yourself that this is indeed the year when you will make more time to read for your own pleasure or…
It’s fair to say that the whole world is currently experiencing turmoil to at least some extent with very few places – or people – being exempt, however, in South Africa aggravating factors like loadshedding, high unemployment and spiralling crime are driving already high stress levels to an intolerable level.
“Not only are the stressors we’ve…
Given the dramatic climb in deaths associated with noncommunicable diseases, especially heart disease and cancer, it’s important for all South Africans to make health a priority in 2023.
According to Discovery, which insures more than 40% of SA’s medical scheme market, claims for cardiometabolic conditions (caused by hypertension, abnormal blood glucose levels, triglycerides and…