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Happiness

The fraud of happiness
Thought Leader
/ 27 May 2021

The fraud of happiness

Institutes and research centres that insist on happiness as a goal lure one into accepting the status quo on the basis of the fraudulent notion that happiness is possible. It is not

By Rafael Winkler
Happiness is too important to leave to chance
Opinion
/ 2 September 2020

Happiness is too important to leave to chance

Newfound clarity on the important things in life has been hailed as a silver lining of this crisis. Planning a future around ‘purpose, passion and pay’ may be the key to having it all

By Kutlwano Sello
Why South Africa is sad – and getting sadder
Article
/ 30 March 2017

Why South Africa is sad – and getting sadder

War-torn Somalia spent more than two decades without a working Parliament, so why are Somalis happier than South Africans?

By Ina Skosana
New ways of living give humanity a glimpse of a healthier and happier world
Article
/ 14 June 2016

New ways of living give humanity a glimpse of a healthier and happier world

Political systems and profit motives make the world go round, but alternative thinking could turn the earth on its axis.

By Sipho Kings
Any takers for minister of joy in SA?
Article
/ 11 February 2016

Any takers for minister of joy in SA?

Government’s services and policies are crucial, as evidenced by the UAE’s appointment of its first-ever minister of state for happiness.

By Phillip De Wet
Laughing all the way to happiness
Article
/ 28 March 2014

Laughing all the way to happiness

Bill Gee has turned aerobic laughter into a science, offering dedicated wellbeing programmes at his Happiness University in Woodstock, Cape Town.

By Glynnis Underhill
Forget your GDP, come on get happy
Article
/ 19 December 2013

Forget your GDP, come on get happy

Bhutan shows us how to find a balance between development and a broader sense of wellbeing.

By Sipho Kings
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Article
/ 20 April 2011

Happiness: how to find it

When we learn that household incomes have fallen for the first time in a generation, that radiation levels are rising in the seas off Japan.

By Geoff Mulgan
The art of making happiness
Article
/ 23 December 2010

The art of making happiness

Urban fantasy writer <b>Lauren Beukes</b>, author of Moxyland and Zoo City, dives into 2015 to find an artist that just wants to make us all smile.

By Staff Reporter

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