Tag: featured
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My Crazy Tour With the South Africans who Won the World Cup in Japan
On the eve of the Rugby World Cup, setting the scene for a hard-fought, hoped-for victory by the Boks, a university team from Cape Town claimed their own global crown, in a city of millions that is almost eerie in its orderliness.
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Chatting Change Episode 5: How actress-baker Renate Stuurman found a way to bake her cake and eat it too
When you have too much month left over at the end of your money, and the bills keep piling up, there’s only one thing you can do. Or two things, or three, or maybe even more.
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Chatting Change Episode 4: Star realtor Thato ‘TT’ Mbha on finding a home for your dreams
Whether your dream home is a multi-storey mansion overlooking a golf course, a penthouse among the clouds, or a chic little lock-up-and-go in a gated estate, there’s a lot more to putting down roots than dreaming beyond your means.
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Why the best rugby is played in the eye of a storm
With the Rugby World Cup taking a breather as a typhoon swept in, the time was right for a reflection on the way the game thrives when the winds of change are raging all around it
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Chatting Change Episode 3: What you need to know about bringing up children in a multicultural household
In a country with 11 official languages, and a rich legacy of traditions, practises, and beliefs, culture is an anchor to ancestry and a bridge to the future.
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How I’m getting my lazy bones into gear this spring
As the year treads ever faster towards its end, it’s time to lace up those running shoes and spring into action.
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Chatting Change Episode 2: How to have those tough conversations about your Vat-en-Sit living arrangements
Call it co-habitation, call it moving in together, or call it, as we do in South Africa, “vat en sit”. Either way, it’s a living arrangement that calls for a lot of thought, planning, and serious conversation.
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A victory for the underdogs in the city of the terrible tsunami
It was a match marked by heroism, played in a city famed for its heroic response to a natural disaster. What can Uruguay vs Fiji teach us about the power of the human spirit?
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Chatting Change Episode 1: Actress & solo mom Philicity Reeken on the art of being a no-drama mama
Parenting, as any parent will tell you, in-between the abundant joys and rewards, is drama.
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What I learned about life, love, and courage from my fearless Auntie Shanks
She earned her nickname from the gritty and resourceful lead character in The Shawshank Redemption, and when the crunch came and her family were under threat, she didn’t hesitate to put her own bold plan into action