Traditionally, parents have considered plumpness in children to be a sign of health and happiness — but there is growing concern among health professionals about obesity and unhealthy eating habits among children. Schools are plugging into a Heart Foundation programme that aims to combat playground puppy fat.
Gone are the weekends when Nolwazi would spend her nights calling family members and friends to ask whether they have seen her children while they are out with friends clubbing the night away. Now, using her cellphone, she will be able to locate her children without spending long nights worrying where they might be.
Gone are the weekends when Nolwazi would spend her nights calling family members and friends to ask whether they have seen her husband, while he’s out with friends clubbing the night away. Vodacom has initiated the new, location-based Look4me service on its cellular network, promising consumers peace of mind.
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/ 25 February 2004
Media ethics are once again in the spotlight after popular television presenter Siphiwe Mtshali announced his intention to sue the Sunday World newspaper for defamation after it published photographs of a couple having sex in a car outside a nightclub and it claimed it was Mtshali.
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/ 30 January 2004
Nurses have become the latest group of health-care professionals to complain about their community service obligations, with their opposition sparking suggestions that the concept be extended to a range of professions outside the medical arena.
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/ 12 December 2003
The new Gauteng ”one-stop” shelter for victims of domestic and sexual abuse is a remarkable initiative in the battle against such abuse. But cultural preconceptions may mean it is less effective than it could be.
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/ 14 November 2003
Gone are the days when psychotherapy was just for the rich and privileged. From next year clinical psychologists will be providing free mental health care to disadvantaged communities as part of their compulsory community service.
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/ 8 November 2003
The Taung district hospital in the North West province serves a population of nearly 250 000 people, spread across 84 villages and three townships (Reivilo, Pudumong and Pampierstad). It has just six doctors — and three of them are leaving next month. The hospital will be left with one senior doctor and two doctors performing their community service.
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/ 6 November 2003
Absa bank has embarked on a campaign to integrate its brand with a culture of community involvement in all its divisions. The campaign is called “I am Absa and proud of it”.
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/ 23 October 2003
Students entering tertiary study next year will walk into a higher education landscape vastly different from the one South Africa has known for decades. From January, familiar institutional names will cease to exist. Where before you might have enrolled at Unisa or the University of Natal or the University of Durban-Westville, you’ll now be registering at … Well, no one knows just yet.