Social (opinion) Articles

By Naseerah Nanabhai Social media is a major part of our lives and with so much access to the world around us, we are heavily affected by what we see on the internet. Which raises the question of whether social media limits or encourages our creativity. Studies point...

By Naseerah Nanabhai The new year has highlighted revealing insight into our frustrations regarding social distancing and the mundanity of working from home. Our clothes it appears are now the most vocal expression of our emotions. Not only has lockdown changed the...

            By Mumtaz Moosa Saley Residents in Greenside, Johannesburg have been on the lookout for an injured Hadeda. The WhatsApp post began on the local Greenside community groups and soon went viral. Hadedas are the alarm clocks we...

Faizel Patel – 02/02/2021 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) By mid-March 2020, business plans went out the window and many shifted focus from thriving to surviving.  Pedro Lopes, group managing director, Seidor Africa says that “Technology trends will increasingly evolve in...

Over the last few days, the random act of kindness has been making the rounds on social media, as the need for hope and relief is greatly needed in this rather dark time. The challenge began with people randomly going to school supply stores and asking to pay for...

By Naadiya Adams As we become adults, we realise that there are so many things we didn’t learn as children that would assist us in everyday life. I remember thinking to myself when faced with doing my taxes for the first time, how come they never taught us this in...