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Following the success of Uber’s partnership with Afrika Tikkun to provide food eCoupons to their driver and courier partners, Uber is now giving riders a chance to help those in need through their “You Ride, You Raise” campaign. Through this initiative, Uber has committed to feeding one person for a week for …

Learning during lockdown has been a challenge for many families over the past few months. However, for assisted learning students, who require additional attention and support, the return to school has been cause for great relief. “Most parents and guardians who had to support their children with online learning during …

The coronavirus pandemic is a time of anxiety for most people, particularly those with existing health concerns. Millions of South Africans live with long-term conditions, including coeliac disease and allergic disorders such as eczema (atopic dermatitis), hay fever (allergic rhinitis) and asthma, one of the most common chronic diseases affecting …

Pearson South Africa has created Survival Guides as a resource to support teachers and learners in the process of making up for the lost time and successfully finish the 2020 school curriculum before the year ends. Reggie Mokotsi, Executive Head of Learning Resources at Pearson South Africa, says the lockdown …

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live our lives. The danger that the Coronavirus poses is a real threat. While it is your job to keep your kids safe, it is also important that you let them live their lives. You can’t hide them under a rock until …

Whatever your plans were for 2020 it probably did not prepare you for what was to come. Due to COVID-19 many people have lost their jobs, have closed their businesses and have suffered financial loss. If ever there was a time to tighten your belt and get creative with your …

With more grades returning to school in coming weeks, in line with South Africa’s phased back-to-school approach, parents and guardians should keep the lines of communication open through frank conversations and feedback, an education expert says. “Our children are being faced with many challenges from different fronts during this time, …

By downloading Sheep and Wolves: Pig Deal on DStv’s BoxOffice, you can help to save an animal’s life The lockdown is difficult for everyone, but even more so on parents trying to find ways to keep their young children busy and entertained daily. Parents are proving to be creative at …

The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has forced families to spend their free time mostly at home. Staying at home usually also means spending much time using different Internet connected devices. For clear reasons, children’s growing online activity can cause lots of worries to their parents. Thus, according to a Kaspersky survey1, …

Several South African artists are now also offering their services to assist those in the medical field by supporting the Smile Foundation Tixsa’s initiative. This campaign was recently launched and involves the purchase of essential supplies / PPE for those in the medical industry – and anyone from businesses to …

Worldwide lockdowns reconfirm the need for strengthened international working group to domestic violence and stalkerware. The fight to protect consumers against stalkerware continues as eleven new organisations – AEquitas with its Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC), Anonyome Labs, AppEsteem Corporation, bff Bundesverband Frauenberatungsstellen und Frauennotrufe, Centre Hubertine Auclert, …

Who would have thought it would take a global pandemic for South Africans to realise the depth of our generosity? The outpouring of support, food parcels and masks has been heart-warming in a time when little else seems to be. And yet there are still those on the margins of …

A simple, low-cost bottle ‘spacer’ promises to save thousands of lives in South Africa by making the treatment of asthma more effective and safer. In a bid to improve the lives of people with asthma and prevent any possible unnecessary spread of the coronavirus, the Allergy Foundation South Africa (AFSA) is urgently …

While the Earth’s ecosystem is certainly fragile, it is also incredibly resilient. The ecosystem, on which we all depend, has the most uncanny ability to adjust and react to what is happening inside it. While the Covid-91 pandemic spreads across the planet like wildfire, and societies go into lockdown to …

The COVID-19 outbreak sparked a new health revolution, with people swarming health stores and pharmacies for items like vitamins, mineral supplements, and other immune-boosting solutions. Stocking up on vitamin C is a good idea, especially since it is winter, but there might just be an immunity booster that’s even better. …

According to a recent Kaspersky global report, How COVID-19 changed the way people work, three-in-four (73%) employees working from home have not yet received any specific cybersecurity awareness guidance or training designed to keep themselves secure from risks. While it can be more difficult to control the security of corporate IT …

South African families are going through tremendously challenging times as most continue to stay at home during the country’s extended lockdown. While it is not yet clear when schools will start to re-open, thousands upon thousands of learners are working hard to stay on top of their educational journeys, while …

Many families have been hit hard with the National COVID-19 lockdown that was implemented by the government. It has forced many of us to look at our income and expenses as there isn’t much income in our households at the moment. There are a few things you can do to …

It is mindblowing how a worldwide crisis like the coronavirus pandemic can change ones perception so quickly. At the beginning of January I was busy with creating my blogging calendar for 2020, I was concerned with getting my son settled into grade 1 at school and I was planning the …