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Are you 50 plus and asking what now?
Many of us are going to be living far longer that our parents and grandparents.At the same time many people who are 50 plus are retiring, being retrenched or jobless. The future stretches ahead where many of us may be living until 90 and we...
Let's have coffee and talk about Death
A Death Cafe is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counselling session.Death Cafes are always offered:- On a not for profit basis
Life lessons from a Mountaineer - Deshun Deysel
Mountaineering was a childhood dream for Deshun Deysel, which she achieved in 1996. Deshun was a member of the first team of South Africans who placed the new South African democratic flag at the top of Mt. Everest. The m...
Putting your life on the fire line. Wild fire expert Patrick Ryan gives the inside story.
In South Africa, as in so many other countries, wild fires can be devastating.Patrick Ryan was on the scene of the fire on Table Mountain National Park on the 18th of April which destroyed parts of the University of Cape Town (UCT), c...
One woman's journey to fight Digital Poverty
According to Catherine Croxton the digital train is speeding up incredibly fast. Those of us on it are going places we have never been before and cannot imagine where it will take us in the future. But we pass those who have misse...