21+ hour, 3+ min ago   (737+ words) As spring settles in, local pharmacists are already seeing an increase in complaints linked to the change in season. Local pharmacist Alexia Radulovi told the Springs Advertiser that the most common complaints currently include runny noses, sneezing, nasal congestion and…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (318+ words) GERALDINE (84) and Robert Cairnduff (85) celebrated their 60th anniversary (Diamond Anniversary) in Durban North last week. Surrounded by their three daughters, Vanessa (Blevins), Debra (Cleland) and Carol (Musgrave) and their grandchildren, the couple toasted to their relationship which they said was about…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (616+ words) A truck was allegedly seen dumping several dozen cardboard boxes containing packets of the hypertension medication Enalapril Arya in the former Plastic City informal settlement on the evening of September 7. The dumped boxes contain a combination of expired and valid…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (269+ words) Sandton-based non-profit organisation Elevate Her Africa has launched an initiative aimed at collecting 36 000 sanitary packs to provide 2 000 women and girls with menstrual products for a year. For thousands of women and girls, menstruation is a normal part of life. But…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (443+ words) Compiled by Tshehla Cornelius Koteli As companies finalise their fourth-quarter budgets, employee mental health is emerging as a far greater business concern than choosing a venue for the annual year-end function. Mental health challenges are estimated to cost South Africa…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (301+ words) The San Michele Home in Withok Estates provides its residents with a home, a purpose and a future. “For eight decades, San Michele has been a place of care, dignity, belonging and opportunity for people living with intellectual and physical…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (264+ words) Six-year-old Kwandokuhle Kumalo, who survived a traumatic dog attack, has undergone reconstructive surgery at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, thanks to Smile Foundation and Adcock Ingram. The girl suffered severe head injuries and significant hair loss in the attack, leaving…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (342+ words) A four-month-old puppy found abandoned near Refilwe, outside Cullinan, is slowly recovering after rescue from severe injuries believed to be caused by deliberate cruelty. The mixed-breed puppy, named Bovril, was found beside the road, emaciated and frightened. He had suffered…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (503+ words) A perverse belief among some young people that vaping or smoking through a water-filtered hookah pipe is not harmful needs to be urgently corrected. There’s a perception vaping is harmless, but it is harmful and highly addictive. Young people who…...