World Aids Day: In Remembrance. And Hope. Aids has devastated millions upon millions of lives since it first emerged sometime in the late 1970s, though it was only first really noticed in the early ‘80s. Initially, it only seemed to be affecting gay men (mainly in the US). As the political...
Movember & Men’s Health: It’s Time for the Moustache. From Eddie Murphy to Salvador Dali and Martin Luther King to Freddy Mercury, moustaches have often been a gentleman’s signature. And now they’ve come to represent men’s health issues. Movember is that all-important unofficially named...
HALLOWEEN Over the last couple of years, the spooky ‘holiday’ as seen a rise in popularity in South Africa. Why it has taken this long to really become a thing we don’t know. What we do know is that we love any excuse to dress up and eat ridiculous amounts of sweet-stuff, and Halloween seems...
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And as the public’s favourite district we feel the responsibility to shed light on the sensitive subject, i.e. raise as much awareness as possible about this disease. The statistics paint a miserable picture to say the...
Heritage Day: 24 September 2019 South Africa is a special place. If you are South African, we don’t need to tell you this as you will be well aware of the fact. You’ll be hard pressed to find another place as diverse and unique in that diversity than in beautiful Mzansi. Eleven official...
Welcoming Spring The most colourful and joyous season is upon us. It’s the favourite season for many, and for good reason. After one of what felt like the coldest Joburg winters in recent years, spring will be welcomed with open arms. Spring, in our opinion, is the best time for change. The...
Celebrating Women’s Month: 9th August “…she believed she could, so she did”. They say that behind every great man is an even greater woman, and behind every great woman is herself. We can’t dispute this, nor can we dispute the impact women have had on the world we live in. August Women’s Month,...
Shopping Centres and their offerings in Sandton Central, tips & tricks, safety in terms of pins, quick scan etc. We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again, there’s nowhere better to shop than Sandton Central. In fact, our views on the subject are pretty well documented. You know that there’s...
Everything Winter: Eating, Drinking, Exercising, Dressing, Saving on Electricity In case the chill in the air and frost on your windscreen was too subtle, we’d like to remind you about the arrival of winter. You may have noticed fewer shorts and t-shirts and the mild battle with hypothermia...
Tips for Winter Let’s not beat around the bush: Most people really, really, really hate winter. They hate the way the freezing temperatures creep into your home. They hate the way that frigid cold permeates your every layer to make your bones chatter. They hate the freezing wind, and the way it...