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Night out for two: Review

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_media_grid grid_id="vc_gid:1523352723221-e4d65d8c-4c66-10" include="8876,8875,8867,8866,8863,8884"][vc_column_text]By: Natasha Archary   Is the one percent tax increase halting your romantic nights out? I’ll be the first to admit that it has caused me to re-evaluate my spending habits and just want to put it out there, it sucks. But like everything else, South Africans don’t have much say in the matter and we’ve just got to grin, pinch our wallets a little more and bear […]

today10/04/2018

LIFESTYLE

Meet Dr Esther Mahlangu

Dr. Esther Nikwambi Mahlangu receives an honorary Doctorate from the University of Johannesburg In a moving ceremony filled with ululation and praise singing, prominent artist Esther Mahlangu was honoured last night at the University of Johannesburg. The honorary doctorate comes a time the country continues to cry foul over the lack of honouring people such as Mama Winnie MadikizelaMandela while they are still alive. Professor Federico Freschi, the Executive Dean […]

today10/04/2018

LIFESTYLE

Conspiracy theories: do you ever wonder?

By: Natasha Archary   Whether you love a good conspiracy theory or not, they’re out there, floating around cyber-space waiting for unsuspecting South Africans (or citizens of the “free-world”) to eat them up with relish. Often passed off as the truth, conspiracy theories are usually what sends the country into full-on panic mode.   Over the years the most popular and disturbing conspiracy theory for South Africans involves our late […]

today09/04/2018

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LIFESTYLE

Dressed to the nines – Kaya Book Club edition

By Nomali Cele When Bridget Masinga sent back information to the RSVPs for the #HlomuOntheBSide Kaya Book Club event, she included a cheeky note: Come dressed for the 'gram. But what we saw on Saturday, 7 April, was beyond dressing nicely for the photo-sharing app, it was rising to the occasion. Afterall, the women were getting ready to meet the author of their favourite book series and get even more […]

today09/04/2018

PRESS OFFICE

Belonging to yourself

By Nomali Cele   As a 26-year-old woman, I find myself at the point where most of my romanticism is fading away. You know the ideas from the teen-age years where you thought you knew everything and the world was one straight line where everything fit into neat boxes. I’ve grown from my first reaction to hearing about domestic being”why don’t they leave?” to understanding the dynamics But one early […]

today08/04/2018

CURRENT AFFAIRS

#AllBlackWithDoek for Winnie Madikizela Mandela

By Motlagae Konyana Women across the country gathered to pay tribute to the mother of nation, Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. On 6 April, women in black wearing doek gathered at the iconic Bassline in Johannesburg to honour the anti-apartheid struggle hero. The programme is packed with incredible performances by South African singers including Simphiwe Dana, Sipho Hotstix Mabuse, Deborah Fraser and many more.

today06/04/2018

LIFESTYLE

Free to love – interracial dating in South Africa #FreedomMonth

By: Natasha Archary     Twenty-four years post-apartheid and race issues still plague the country like a bad rash that just won’t go away. We go on with our daily lives because what other choice is there? But have you ever stopped to think about why the colour of our skin weighs so heavy on who we are, where we go and who we love?   This month, on 27 […]

today06/04/2018

PRESS OFFICE

The Psychological Impact Apartheid has had on the young generation

By Zuko Komisa Years of oppression tend to have a significant psychological impact on generations that follow. There is a popular story of a horse that was chained for all its life and the day it was freed did not know what to do with its new found freedom, the restriction of movement was so severe it affected the rest of its life. We look at this phenomenon in the […]

today05/04/2018

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An Excerpt from “Hlomu The Wife” by Dudu Busani-Dube Part 2

Dudu Busani-Dube will join the Kaya Book Club, as hosted by Bridget Masinga for The B-Side this Saturday. Read part two of a two-part excerpt from Busani-Dube’s seminal book series “Hlomu The Wife” below. I have to catch up on some reading so no TV for me tonight. “Five Quarters of An Orange”, that’s the book I’ve been trying to manoeuvre for the past three weeks. If only I could figure […]

today05/04/2018

LIFESTYLE

Trevor Noah launches The Trevor Noah Foundation for Education

South African comedian and Daily Show host Trevor Noah today launched the Trevor Noah Foundation for education. The Trevor Noah Foundation is a non-profit organisation that equips orphans and vulnerable youth with the education, life skills, and social capital necessary to pursue further empowerment opportunities after matric. Speaking at launch Trevor Noah highlighted the importance of education. "With this organisation, we want to bridge the gap between the education children […]

today04/04/2018

LIFESTYLE

Learning to Co-Parent with your ex

By Motlagae Konyana Parenting is challenging but it is even more difficult when the parents are no longer romantically involved and don’t get along. Many parents say that co-parenting can be hard, heartbreaking, filled with disapointments among other things that lead to the breakup.  But for the sake and well-being of the child, parents are forced to put their differences aside and parent the child. Co-parenting requires re-organising the family […]

today04/04/2018

LIFESTYLE

7 Steps Turn your bedroom into your haven

By Motlagae Konyana A good night’s sleep is more than just eight hours of shut eye,  it is your sanctuary,  your peaceful place and your haven.  From the bamboo linen to the comfortable mattress. Structuring your bedroom correctily and adding certain elements can make a huge difference between waking up rejuvenated or still feeling tired and worn out.  Here are seven steps to enjoying the best sleep you have ever […]

today04/04/2018

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POPIA ActTo promote the protection of personal information processed by public and private bodies; to introduce certain conditions so as to establish minimum requirements for the processing of personal information; to provide for the establishment of an Information Regulator to exercise certain powers and to perform certain duties and functions in terms of this Act and the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000; to provide for the issuing of codes of conduct; to provide for the rights of persons regarding unsolicited electronic communications and automated decision making; to regulate the flow of personal information across the borders of the Republic; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

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