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If you want to talk about insurance, there’s no better place to start than prudential, capitalised or not. You never know when something will go wrong, so being prudent is a good thing. But sometimes, even insurance companies – not
You’ve just been diagnosed with or are being treated for a really serious medical condition. It’s one of the most physically and emotionally draining periods of your life. But you have access to wonderful, caring doctors and nursing staff who
If you thought the healthcare sector was generally good at protecting your private health records, you’d be right. They’re especially good at protecting your medical records from yourself. Patient confidentiality, record-keeping and access to information seem to constitute a
If we’re generally bad at holding service providers accountable for good service, we’re totally useless when it comes to dealing with providers in the healthcare sector. We’ve no one to blame but ourselves when we end up in abusive
Despite being one of the most unequal societies on the planet, South Africa should not have to struggle to address diseases that are a direct result of poverty. One of these diseases is rheumatic heart disease. Globally, more than 300 000
To Recap, reading statements, news reports and between-the-lines: SuperSport had no crisis communications plan in place when the Ashwin Willemse moment exploded on national television last Saturday night. SuperSport realized today, after 6 days of indecision, that it actually
How significant is the “Ashwin Willemse moment” for Supersport? And for South Africa? Willemse, on a live Supersport TV broadcast on Saturday evening of the rugby match between the Lions and Brumbies, accused his co-analysts Naas Botha and Nick Mallett,
I had about 95 percent of my gut (small bowel or intestine) removed in 2007. An embolus or blood clot had moved into my abdomen, causing my gut to turn gangrenous. It was the first clinical sign that my weak
This post will either resonate with you or seriously peeve you off: Do you think we complain too much or too little? The jury is still out on whether or not South Africans complain too much or too little about
I’ve had to ask myself – mainly because somebody else asked me – why I stand in support of Patricia de Lille’s fight with the DA. Is it a group thing? Perhaps – certainly if we’re talking about the group
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