How to lose R1000: A mask era

I am sharing my experience as open awareness especially for the youth in rural communities where wearing a mask is still treated like a rumour. It’s real! We are so far gone into the pandemic that a time where we lived without a mask is a fantasy. It is hard to imagine a life without one even with the vaccines having arrived in South Africa.

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The 4 A’s of stress management

Stress is defined as the emotional or physical tension the body creates when presented with events or thoughts that cause worry, frustration, anger or nervousness. We are well aware that too much stress can be bad for you, physically, mentally and emotionally. While stress may be inevitable in certain situations, high levels of it can put your entire well-being in danger.

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Home or Abroad?

From a very young age, I was always in awe with our country and its beauty, land, diversity, and culture – and as cliché as that sounds, that passion and love for my country has guided me. From my high school days, I have been an avid accounting geek and that continued with me until I finished school, I always dreamed of being this “big city” accountant and living this corporate world life.

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Want to change your course of study?

After your first official year at university and dealing with the transition from high school to this new student life, it can be difficult for many students. It’s even more difficult when you acknowledge that the course you’re currently enrolled in, is just not the one for you. After completing an entire year of your course, along with careful consideration, you have finally convinced yourself that this qualification is not for you, but what are you supposed to do now?

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She is not an animal!

We are now living in a world where respect for women has become a thing of the past. A world where beating up a woman has become a norm. A world where ‘getting away with murdering women’ has become the order of the day. A world where a husband beats up his wife to the point of leaving permanent scars. A world where a son rapes his sister, and nothing is done about it.

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Accountability in the workplace

If you are entering the working world for the very first time, congratulations to you and we hope that you have many successful years ahead. When walking into your first job, either in-office or remote, it’s important to understand that there are things that you will need to do and reciprocate. It’s also important to understand that this is not school or university, where ‘group work’ is something that’s often taken for granted.

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Armour our learners for better futures

High school is arguably a beautiful place. Many lifetime friendships are conceived there, formed, and nurtured only to be separated after matric and rekindled on social media later on in life. For some, high school is horrible, a place of the devil. Some don’t even make it out. However handsome or horrid the place can be, it does possess a ubiquitous common denominator that is education.

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Surviving January!

There’s nothing like hitting the reset button on your time, day or life, and that’s what makes January the perfect month. It may seem like a long, painful month with getting back into the swing of things, while the bills for the new year start piling up, but it’s a great opportunity to adopt a habit or change your routine. So, in order to make the best of the month, here are a few things you can do to turn Janu-worry into a great start for 2022!

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