It is a legal contract regardless of whether it is under African customary law, common law, Christian traditions and its parallels in Judaism and Islam
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Take me to church
The supernatural is important but it is the social part that is crucial, especially in times of need
Posted inHealth, Lifestyle
Covid will have a lasting impact on the way we live – in good and bad ways
We can look forward to a health hangover and continued flexi-time at work, but local businesses could be in trouble and the anti-vaxxer movement is gaining traction
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Cooking up resilience in our unjust world
Small acts of resistance and reinvention may be our most significant victories yet
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What’s cooking on the cannabis calendar
With the right legislation, the plant could financially benefit the average South African
Posted inHealth, Lifestyle
Cabin fever blues as Covid bites
Working from home is getting tired as the sounds of the suburbs intrude on our columnist’s peace of mind. Practicing presence may offer a way out of the losses and woes of the second wave
Posted inGeneral, Lifestyle
Unbedazzle those New Year’s resolutions
Plain advice from a transitions facilitator and futurist on how to set goals
Posted inGeneral, Lifestyle
The great staggering: When the pre- and post-pandemic worlds converge
While 2020 was put in a holding pattern, there was consensus that the Covid-19 pandemic would produce a “new normal”. But instead of a clean slate, the new normal will be shaped by residual issues we left in 2019
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The story as a creative psychological quest
To combat anxiety in a disrupted, pandemic-riddled world, it’s better to channel creativity into storytelling, art and design than into conspiracy theories
Posted inEquality, Lifestyle
The paradox of customary marriages
Just because they are performed differently from civil unions does not mean they don’t come with the same responsibilities — people just don’t know it
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Giving thanks in trying times
Nothing is quite as it seems, some things are a shell of their former selves. And that’s just the cheesecake
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The uberfication of the university
The pandemic is hastening neoliberal universities’ moves towards platform pedagogy, where lecturers become participants in the “just-in-time” gig economy and students become “clients”