Last week The Star newspaper in its front page ran an article that a 15 year old Grade 10 pupil from Sunward Park High School in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni experienced victimisation and discrimination at school as a result of her wearing traditional African beads at school after she had undergone training in 2018 as a traditional healer. On her return this ...

Mary Llaneta can easily walk to one of her nursing jobs from her new home in Seton. When the 27-year-old and her 33-year-old digital marketer husband, Brandon Potts, were looking to purchase their first detached home, a key pre-requisite was a walkable, convenient location. “Spending your life in your car decreases happiness, and the amount of time we would have ...

It takes moxie to flip an unhealthy lifestyle to a healthy one — particularly for folks 60 and older. Most baby boomers approach retirement age unwilling to follow basic healthy lifestyle goals established by the American Heart Association, said Dr. Dana King, professor and chairman of the department of family medicine at West Virginia University, referencing his university’s 2017 study ...

Supporting communities and ensuring a quality of life was behind a successful Kilcorney seminar that focused on the challenges of rural living. Rural Ireland can be beautiful and relaxing but it can also provide major issues, as highlighted under the banner ‘Managing the challenges of rural living and maintaining a healthy life’, which was organised by the Kilcorney Community Development ...

1IKEA to Launch ÖVERALLT Collection at Design Indaba Festival 2019 Two years in the works, IKEA is about to launch its new ÖVERALLT collection, a collaboration with some of the brightest talents in African design. IKEA approached Design Indaba to learn more about the creative doers in several cities across Africa. The design platform chose ten designers who are major ...

If you’ve already pinned Amal Clooney‘s royal wedding dress as outfit inspiration, you’re not alone. The yellow, cap-sleeved Stella McCartney piece was the most-searched-for guest ensemble of the weekend, reported Lyst, a global fashion search platform. About 17,000 people from 65 different countries have perused the Internet looking for the streamlined frock since Saturday, according to the search engine’s data. In addition ...

“There’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking.”But, Zoolander, it sure doesn’t hurt either. Along with all the things to get excited for from New York Fashion Week, menswear week will lead into womenswear, with a few shows running concurrently. This change of schedule was undoubtedly made to direct more attention toward designers creating wares for ...

Sports Illustrated is changing with the times, encouraging women to feel empowered by their bodies and their minds. In the project titled “In Her Own Words,” iconic 52-year-old model Paulina Porizkova teams up with Robyn Lawley and Sailor Brinkley Cook, the 19-year-old daughter of Christie Brinkley to strip down both emotionally and physically to deliver a powerful message of self-acceptance for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit. The trio of models, which represent the various ...

I’m a permaculture farmer. My goal is to develop natural ecosystems that produce food. My dream is a world with ready access to a diet that nourishes the body of the consumer, provides a living for the producer, and leaves the Earth joyfully habitable. I share that dream with a lot of people who call themselves permaculturalists, natural farmers, plantsmen, ...

GENEVA —  New data from 22 high- and low-income countries show antibiotic resistance to a number of serious bacterial infections is growing at an alarming rate. The World Health Organization surveyed one-half million people with suspected bacterial infections between March 2016 and July 2017. The survey, the first of its kind, is vital in improving and understanding the extent of antimicrobial resistance ...