Latest articles on Beauty

A beauty revolution emerges

Article Thando Hopa - 17 May 2019

Stereotypes and idealised images of what constitutes the perfect woman are being challenged

Slice of life: I escaped my dark skin box

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 15 Feb 2019

'I kept feeling like I was inadequate. Whenever anything bad happened to me, I would attribute it to my dark skin'

He told me I was ugly

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 3 Aug 2018

He was my friend, so his words were a punch in my face. I knew before it wasn’t true but I believed him

Slice of life: Living, loving the sweet life

Article Raeesa Pather - 8 Dec 2017

'I want to be free, do the things I want to do and have people outside my family and friends like what I do'

Beautiful girls don’t deserve to die, so who does?

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 2 Jun 2017

Not even death by violent means can separate women from patriarchal notions of beauty

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Searching for beauty that makes you feel alive

Article bogdan TagDiv - 27 Oct 2016

Iimbali is a space for stories and other narrative-based social analysis

Beauty-benders take to the Net

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Dec 2015

Yardsticks for defining women's looks are as important for our society's self-image as current affairs.

Sometimes your locks run out

Article bogdan TagDiv - 10 Sep 2015

Alopecia or hair loss can devastate your self-esteem, unless you hold your head up high.

Beauty in ‘eh?’ of beholder

Article bogdan TagDiv - 6 Feb 2014

New research shows that attractive people are easy on the eye while looking at them, but you probably won't remember them once you look away.

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Beauty: Seeing is not always believing

Article Amy Fleming - 5 Jul 2013

Adverts have us believe we're more beautiful than we think. In fact, the opposite is true, writes Amy Fleming.

Yves Saint Laurent’s new skin cream: Ah, there’s the science bit

Article bogdan TagDiv - 18 Jan 2012

Forever Youth Liberator has been hailed as anti-ageing's holy grail. But one chemist wanted to look beyond the puff pieces.

No pain, no mane

Article Staff Reporter - 4 Dec 2009

It seems to me that black women pay the highest price for beauty because on top of all this we have that interminable struggle with our hair. Everyone say "amen".

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Kaya FM whistleblowers say they are being victimised

thando maeko - 12 Aug 2020

Former and current employees claim the radio station’s management has begun a witch-hunt to weed out whistleblowers after reports of financial and sexual misconduct

National

Sekhukhune’s five-year battle for water back in court

Sarah Smit - 8 Aug 2020

The residents of five villages are calling for the district municipal manager to be arrested

Coronavirus

Special Investigating Unit probes Covid-19 tenderpreneurs

Sarah Smit - 8 Aug 2020

The SIU is investigating 102 companies doing business with the provincial government in Gauteng alone

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Special Reports

Brand South Africa’s statement in response to allegations of corruption

special reports - 11 Aug 2020

The Board of Trustees and the Management of Brand South Africa have undertaken to investigate any allegations presented against it

Special Reports

Grants for the production of Covid-19-relevant medical and pharmaceutical products: call for proposals

special reports - 11 Aug 2020

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Special Reports

WiMSA shines a light on the future of women in mining

special reports - 7 Aug 2020

Men in mining must begin to take it upon themselves to support the development of women in the industry

Special Reports

Department of Public Works and Infrastructure reveals second gender-based violence advocacy artwork

special reports - 7 Aug 2020

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Special Reports

Empowering the voice of women in leadership to enable full participation in their roles in leadership and decision making

special reports - 7 Aug 2020

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Special Reports

Surviving the tobacco ban

special reports - 7 Aug 2020

Nicotine is given as the ‘likely’ reason for lower Covid-19 infection rates but authorities still stress the health risk of smoking

Special Reports

Smokers hold thumbs for cigarette ban to be lifted

special reports - 7 Aug 2020

SATTA is worried about the impact of the ban on its own members activities and how the ban is helping black marketeers to make millions of rands illegally

Special Reports

Covid-19: Outlook on the economy, politics and labour

special reports - 5 Aug 2020

Old Mutual had experts unpack the effects of the pandemic and provide practical tips on how to deal with the financial impact of job losses and salary cuts