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ADDICTION RECOVERY

Professional affordable treatment for substance dependence disorder

Substance dependence disorder can affect anyone, but recovery is achievable with professional, effective, and affordable treatment. Discover how quality rehabilitation is…

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Late on Sunday 5 March, four prisoners escaped from the central prison in Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania, killing two soldiers in the process.
CONVICT

Is the idea of rehabilitation redundant in South Africa?

Without the political incentive for fundamental economic change, the fortunes and possibilities for rehabilitation of ex-offenders will not, and cannot, change

  • Casper Lӧtter
9 min read
In 2020, a large plastic sack in the ocean became entangled on Maia the turtle’s flipper causing part of it to rot away. (Photo: South African Association for Marine Biological Research)
GREEN TURTLE

‘Swimming sensation’ Maia the Turtle makes it to Mozambique with just one flipper

In 2020, a large plastic sack in the ocean became entangled on her flipper causing part of it to rot away

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
COUNSELLING

Debt counselling inquiries jump by 30%

An increasing number of inquiries for debt counselling are from first-time home and car buyers who took advantage of low interest rates during Covid-19

  • Anathi Madubela
7 min read
Breaking bad: A drug manufacturing laboratory was raided by police in Kempton Park. Photo: Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo Images
ADDICTION

Crystal meth addicts claw their way clean

Two former addicts share their stories

  • Chris Bateman
5 min read
LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 19: Protesters demonstrate outside 180 The Strand who is hosting some fashion events, holding a banner saying ‘Cancel London Fashion Week’ on February 19, 2022 in London, England. Extinction Rebellion Fashion protesters are demanding that the British Fashion Council cancels London Fashion Week as the fashion industry is heavily reliant on fossil fuels for the production of cheap synthetic textiles. London Fashion Week they say encourages overproduction, overconsumption and a throwaway culture. (Martin Pope/Getty Images)
ACCOUNTABILITY

Cancel culture is the antitheses of reconciliation

The essence of reconciliation and justice are accountability and restoring relationships. Cancel culture emphasises accountability without the possibility of restoration

  • Felicity Harrison
3 min read
EPIDURAL STIMULATION

Q&A Sessions: ‘I’m comfortable in my own wheels’ — Sandile Mkhize

Sandile Mkhize opens up how competition reinjected the drive back into his life

  • Luke Feltham
7 min read
Sandile Rasta Mthembu works in the garden at the Jewish Club site for homeless people where he and others are farming the land just off Durban’s Golden Mile. Picture: Rogan Ward
ALBERT PARK

A year into Covid, Durban’s beachfront farmers are still tilling the soil

Homeless pioneers persevere with a project that came to life during the first lockdown

  • Paddy Harper
6 min read
Cape Town’s Madwaleni Hospital. (Dylan Bush/Bhekisisa)
CAPE TOWN

Long walk to recovery: This rural hospital revolutionised rehab

A road accident, a bad fall, a stabbing. A single moment and a traumatic head injury can change everything in your life, leaving you to relearn the basics — walking, talking,…

  • Joan Van Dyk
10 min read