Category: Change moments
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Comic strip: After-school special
Landing your first job after graduating from varsity has the potential to be an epic journey in itself. Nina Lewis shares some of the key lessons she learned from this experience.
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This village is for all types of moms
Mom-in-progress Kagiso Msimango believes all moms – single, partnered, married or whatever – need all the support they can get.
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Don’t call me Mister Mom, call me Executive Dad!
Stay-at-home-dads, like stay-at-home-moms, are a misunderstood breed of home hero. Rudy Nadler-Nir, who prefers to call himself an Executive Dad, talks about his rules-of-thumb for running a household.
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The lure of Grand Designs
Building your own home may sound romantic, but as Maya Fisher-French has experienced, it takes a firm understanding of finances to get from the plans to the finished product. Just six weeks away from the completion of her dream home, Maya shares her most important lessons with us.
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Why I quit my job to ride a bike across Africa
Life is a cycle of work and play, experiences and adventures, the comfort of routine and the lure of the great unknown. For Ian McNaught Davis, the time has once again come to get on the road, head somewhere far from home, and confront the endless possibilities of change.
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Our cheap, comfortable, child proof castle
Amanda Spohr used to have green décor dreams for her home. Now the only green she sees is the swimming pool, but her home remains her castle. She explains.
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Zakhele Mbhele, fresh new face of parliament
He’s young, ambitious, energetic, and ready to ring in the changes. Meet the new man about the House.
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13 Life-changing skills every adult should acquire
Well, here’s a listicle that caught our fancy, in part because it comes from a book by Scott Adams, creator of everyone’s favourite corporate philosopher, Dilbert.
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Ouch! That’s my couch!
A moving story of a battle to cram a beloved but awkwardly-sized item of furniture into a new apartment. James Lewis reports from the battlefront
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