We’ve come up with some ideas to help to encourage children to get into good habits as far as hygiene is concerned. As all good parents know, nothing works quite like a little bribery – like an ice-cream after…
Family murders and suicides are on the increase and the question we all want answers to is WHY? Why would parents kill their own children and why would children turn on their parents to kill? More and more, we…
Violence against women has become a serious problem in South Africa and the world. Information from different countries indicates that 35% of all women have been physically or sexually abused by an intimate or non-intimate partner. While women across…
If you’ve ever misplaced your phone and thought that it was lost or stolen, you’ll know the anxiety it causes. The prospect of having lost your contact list and the thought of someone having access to your photo gallery…
Teenage girls are among a significant number of people in the eThekwini area who have fallen prey to extortion scams involving online adult activity. Victims have been tricked into paying sums from R5000 to R35000, often in cryptocurrency, and…
In a case that is proving to be stranger than fiction, Marc Batchelor’s international links to the criminal underworld continue to surface. Almost two weeks after he was gunned down in Olivedale, Gauteng, the police have been digging underneath…
It’s a little known fact but blood pressure is generally higher in winter – that’s because more pressure is needed to force blood through your narrowed veins and arteries as they contract in the cold weather. In South Africa,…
Allergies are one of the leading causes of chronic illness. The most common indoor allergies include sinus, hayfever and nasal allergies. The most common triggers are mold spores, dust mites, cockroaches, dog cat, and rodent dander. Dust mites are…
Women need to know their rights when a male officer pulls them off the road. The threat of violation by an officer of the law can clearly be seen in the Independent Police Investigative Directorate’s (IOID) 2017/18 annual report…
The stabbing to death of a 16-year-old Grade 8 pupil at a Johannesburg school has again highlighted the prevalence of violence in South African schools. A study by the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention (CJCP) has shown that…