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Teach children how to recycle

Recycling’s ‘three Rs’ - reduce, reuse and recycle - are very useful for managing the waste we produce and reducing its impact on communities.

Piles of rubbish in streets, parks and fields are common in South Africa. Litter not only spoils otherwise beautiful areas, it also causes water and soil pollution, and poses a health risk. It is therefore important to teach children how to produce less waste and how to recycle.

Halala! Prof Tshifularo Halala!

A South African ear, nose and throat specialist has made world history by successfully operating on his patient’s middle ear to restore hearing.

A ground-breaking, world-first middle ear operation was recently performed by Professor Mashudu Tshifularo (55) at Pretoria’s Steve Biko Academic Hospital.

Using 3D printing technology, Prof Tshifularo and his team printed and replaced the middle ear’s three bones in an operation that took three hours.

Agricultural project brings hope 

An agricultural project run by a group of people living with hearing impairment is creating jobs for the deaf community in Rand West Local Municipality.

The Voice Out Deaf Cooperative is one of the five cooperatives found in the Rand West Agri-park, which is one of the agri-parks that has been on full operation for more than two years.

Matebogo Victoria, a member of Voice Out Deaf Cooperative, said the main aim of the cooperative was to create jobs and employment opportunities for the deaf community.

No more bad hair days

Young female entrepreneurs’ natural haircare products are ensuring healthy ethnic hair in South Africa and abroad.

When Mantshadi Mokoena (33) struggled to find haircare products suitable for her hair, she started making her own.

In 2014 she launched the Nalane Group, with her younger sister Karabo, to produce natural haircare products under the Nalane ea Africa brand.

School code of conduct explained

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) defines a school code of conduct as a document that spells out the rules that learners must follow and the disciplinary system that will be enforced if the rules are broken.

The department’s spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga says that a school’s code of conduct applies to all learners when they are on the school’s premises, when they are representing the school or attending a school function.

Are your children cyber safe?

When people use the Internet, cell phones, or other devices to send or post text or images intended to hurt, intimidate or embarrass another person – this is cyberbullying.

It can be a painful experience, especially when it affects school learners who are also using technology and social media to communicate with friends and family.

GBV is everyone’s business

All South Africans must respond to Gender- Based Violence (GBV) and femicide.

In 2018 President Cyril Ramaphosa took a stand against this scourge by hosting the first GBV Summit in South Africa.

This was a platform where all sectors of South Africa which included government, civil society and survivors of GBV where under one umbrella to find solutions on how the country can stop abuse.

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