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Lost opportunity: Researcher Teboho Mofokeng says using drinking water to flush toilets is irrational.

Female & Guardian | SA’s loos not flushed with success

Using seawater and recycled water to flush toilets could save millions of litres of potable water daily

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Female & Guardian | Female architects ensure potty parity

The field was dominated by men but now women are coming to the fore with thoughtful buildings

In demand: Chantelle de Bruyn’s organic butternut coffee is a sustainable venture. Photo: Lyse Comins

Female & Guardian | Free State businesswoman’s butternut coffee a bold new brew

Chantelle de Bruyn is stirring up the local market with her blend of sustainability and taste

Preeclampsia is a rising threat to maternal and infant health. Urgent investment in genetic research and early detection could save thousands of lives

Female & Guardian | African women at higher risk of preeclampsia – a dangerous pregnancy complication

Preeclampsia is a complication characterised by high blood pressure and organ damage, arising during the second half of pregnancy, in labour or in the first week after delivery.…

Hope: Tendani Mulaudzi’s journey through drug addiction – using ecstasy and cocaine – ended in her recovery and setting out on a new path in her life. Photo: Supplied

Female & Guardian | She lost herself to addiction. Writing brought her back

Now a wellness coach and author, Tendani Mulaudzi helps others heal from addiction and trauma using storytelling and personal support

Challenges: Women have trouble accessing care for their newborns as well as facing problems such as poverty, food insecurity and a lack of transport. Photo: File

Female & Guardian | Newborns still dying needlessly in South Africa

Budget cuts, staff shortages and socio-economic barriers continue to undermine efforts to improve neonatal care and reduce infant mortality

Neglect: Women tend to put the immediate needs of their family first, neglecting their own future regarding their work and old age. Photo: Eric Miller/World Bank

Female & Guardian | Education key to financial freedom

Taking steps such as budgeting and investing will help women build financial independence

House of cards: Despite constitutional assurances of gender equality and the right to housing, women find themselves up against patriarchal norms, unequal treatment under customary practices and little protection from the law. Photos: Seri

Female & Guardian | ‘Policies skewed against women’

UN report finds discrimination against women in land and housing programmes

Advantage: Physician Phathokuhle Zondi realised early on that she could combine both her passions – sport and medicine. Photo: Supplied

Female & Guardian | How Dr Phathokuhle Zondi converts on rugby fields

Phathokuhle Zondi broke her first barrier when she took up a post as medical officer for the Blue Bulls

Trailblazer: Buli Ndlovu celebrates those raising children and bottom lines – working mothers. Photo: Supplied

SPONSORED | A love letter to women raising children and bottom lines

Women have to balance their lives as both mothers and as professionals, ensuring neither is neglected, writes Buli Ndlovu

SPONSORED | KGOTHATSO DITHEBE: A model and a mother making her mark

She believes that women need to do have the determination to do things for themselves

Heart of gold: Heidi Marais. Photo: Saleem Naidoo

SPONSORED | HEIDI MARAIS: Creativity via crafting and community

The goldsmith and jewellery designer believes in female empowerment

‘To raise a child with tenderness is an act of resistance’: Zolani Mahola. Photo: Gary van Wyk

SPONSORED | ZOLANI MAHOLA: On music, motherhood and making meaning

Multi-talented artist sees being a mother as an inspiration that brought her ‘closer to her truth’

Innovative financial solutions for women: Chipo Mushwana

SPONSORED | CHIPO MUSHWANA: Spearheading financial inclusion and entrepreneurship

As Nedbank’s executive of emerging innovation and payments, she urges the next generation to embrace challenges to help them grow

Growing food, growing jobs: Farmers Hope’s Tebogo Nyathela.

SPONSORED | Tebogo Nyathela: A mother putting food on the country’s table

The CEO of Farmers Hope not only feeds people but ensures that sustainable farming is practiced.

The plan behind the improvisation: Jessica Nkosi. Photo: Taff Studios

SPONSORED | JESSICA NKOSI: Directing her own life

The actress and presenter has followed her plan to success

All star: Karla Pretorius

SPONSORED | KARLA PRETORIUS: From netball court warrior to high school girl mentor

The sport star sets store by good planning and hard work

Financial discipline: Nthabiseng Matshekga.

SPONSORED | NTHABISENG MATSHEKGA: ‘I’m not afraid to talk about money anymore’

The executive head of integrated marketing and experience at Nedbank shows that financial health, like parenting, is a process

Continuing the legacy: Chicken Licken CEO Chantal Sombonos-Van Tonder.

SPONSORED | Chantal Sombonos-Van Tonder: ‘All women can have it all’

The Chicken Licken leader is a role model for women who refuse to choose between family and career.

A solid foundation: Thato Moeng. Photo: Richard Townsend

SPONSORED | THATO MOENG: Game changer, third generation

The sports journalist and presenter comes from a line of resourceful women