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Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental health awareness week (9th-15th May) is an annual event hosted by the Mental Health Foundation and this year's theme is 'Loneliness'. It is crucial to raise awareness around the importance of keeping ourselves healthy and...
Ecosystem? My candid thoughts…
How do we play a part in the ecosystem? My candid thoughts... I was never good at creative writing in school and yes I studied arts for my advanced level so you would think I picked up the skill along the way but my village people are working extra hard. Taking on...
Don’t be ashamed of your scars
Don't be ashamed of your scars I have a skin disease and it’s been plaguing my life for several years now! Wow…. I can’t believe I just wrote that. I can’t believe that I am sharing this with the world. I have been battling HS ( hidradenitis suppurativa) and it has...
Beauty of the Brain – Nkosikhona Baloyi
When asked to choose the most important organ in the human body; from the Brain, lung, kidney, heart and liver, which one would you choose and why? Most people would say the heart or the kidney. The heart’s function is to pump blood to all the parts of body, the...
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in Africa – Eve Mapanda
The year 2020 brought attention to mental wellness across the continent of Africa and around the globe due to the pandemic COVID-19. Aside from exacerbating mental illnesses among patients with a history of mental health conditions, the socioeconomic impacts of...
Power of Water
When asked, what is the number one requirement to form life on any planet? If you answered liquid water, you would be correct. We live in an enchanted land that lies in the goldilocks zone for supporting life with the ability to have water that’s readily available and...
Nutrition Through The Lifecycle – Sindiso Matsotere
For any structure to hold up, it requires a strong skeleton or foundation. A strong foundation can withstand any weather. Likewise, as humans we require good nutrition which in turn translates to a healthy body and mind. The effect nutrition has on the body can be...
Child Protection for Child Sexual Exploitation: Challenges and Remedial Action -Lindelwe Keena
There is growing concern about the problem of commercial sexual exploitation of children in Zimbabwe and the world over. For the most part sexual exploitation of children is happening with or without the knowledge of the victims. Exploitation takes various shapes and...
Inside a Man’s mind
When women gather they talk about their problems and give each other advice but when men gather they complain and drink beer just to forget about their problems for a while. This is the way it has been historically and still continues to be. How often do we see men...
Oxygen levels and how they’re being impacted due to the change in ocean temperature and acidity – Gurpreet Singh
Oxygen – a colourless gas that is present in the air that’s responsible for allowing Earth to be inhabitable by complex aerobic life. What if we are getting less and less of it? Well… that’s exactly what’s happening to our oceans right now due to climate change...
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