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Discovery Vitality celebrates one million South Africans joining parkrun

Supported by Discovery Vitality, parkrun has become a cornerstone for South Africans seeking to get active and improve their health within a fun, welcoming community

Dr Mosima Mabunda, Vitality’s Chief Clinical Officer, says that the importance of promoting healthier food choices cannot be overstated.

Buying healthier food reduces the likelihood of becoming obese, Vitality research shows

Vitality members can now earn Vitality HealthyFood rewards at Checkers and Woolworths

Your passport to flavour: Exploring plant-based plates around the globe

Ensure that there is enough variety in your diet, and go easy on sugar and salt

Practical, healthy cooking tips and recipes

Peek into the pantry of a dietitian – make meal planning easy and shopping healthy

Dr Mosima Mabunda, Head of Wellness at Discovery Vitality, says fast food like fizzy drinks, chips, chicken nuggets and sausages contain high amounts of saturated fat, salt and sugar, which can be bad for your health.

Overnutrition can lead to obesity

Let’s talk about overnutrition and the role of ultra-processed foods (UPFs)

For optimum health, make your plate a
canvas filled with colours from nature.

10 do’s and don’ts when it comes to the food you eat

Ensure that there is enough variety in your diet, and go easy on sugar and salt

suicide as the fourth Death by suicide is the fourth highest cause of death among men aged 15 to 24 in South Africa. Graphic: John McCann/M&G

Mental illness costs SA billions

Shame and stigma, as well as the lack of facilities, are barriers to healing, experts say

Questioning state and corporate motives should be routine

Captains of industry may appear the benevolent saviours of a state in decline, but we ought to question their intentions

Your guide to investing where your heart urges you to

It’s crisis time for out-of-touch JSE

Delistings and barriers to newcomers threaten to make the local bourse more top-heavy, seeing it serve an even narrower section of the economy

Posting intimate details of our of our personal and professional online gives cybercriminals valuable information. (Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Unforgettable social media moments

To meme or not to meme is the question … we pick some stand-out posts

South Africans could face rising living and borrowing costs after inflation accelerated to 4% in April, with economists warning that fuel-driven global price shocks — not domestic demand — are complicating the South African Reserve Bank’s interest rate outlook

Clients affected by insurance collusion can claim civil damages

Eight insurance firms are being probed over price-fixing allegations. Legally, clients can claim for damages but experts say they should not hold their breath

Discovery is part of the companies that have participated in collusive practices to fix prices and trading conditions in South Africa, according to the competition commission.
(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

The Competition Commission has eight insurance companies in its sights for collusion

The companies are BrightRock Life, Discovery, FMI (a division of Bidvest Life) Hollard, Momentum, Old Mutual Insure, Professional Provident Society and Sanlam

In this photo illustration, the Allianz Insurance Group logo seen displayed on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Activity in Africa’s insurance market is on the increase

Regional and international insurance giants are tying the knot to grow the market

Africa’s largest mobile operator by subscription, MTN, has called off its talks with Telkom about a proposed takeover.

MTN staff members who refuse vaccination will be fired

MTN has joined the list of companies that have made vaccines mandatory

The discovery of a new species of human relative, Homo Naledia was unveiled at The Cradle of Human Kind at Maropeng in Johannesburg, South Africa. Naledi was discovered in a hard to reach chamber in the Rising Star Cave which has led scientists to believe that the Hominids had a understanding of the finality of death.  Naledi stood about 1,5m high, had a unique mix of primitive and modern features with a tiny brain about the size of an orange, a slender body and unusually curved fingers. (Photo by Denzil Maregele/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Unearthing Leti, the child of darkness

The first partial skull of a Homo naledi child, which is believed to be 250 000 years old, has been found in the Cradle of Humankind near Johannesburg

Pop-up vaccination site at the SABC Auckland Park Campus on August 26, 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Gauteng government partnered with SABC to boost to the province’s mass vaccination programme. (Photo by Papi Morake/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Vaccine mandate quandary heading to court, Concourt candidate predicts

Alan Dobson SC says a legislating vaccine mandates would have to be weighed against various constitutional provisions and was likely to see legal challenge

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Editorial: Vaccine passports

How does South Africa return to a pre-pandemic world, or at least one closely resembling it? That’s the question for policymakers as our country’s recovery lags its peers

More than ‘cute’: It might be down a weight class but the Land Rover Defender 90 can still swing with the heavyweights.
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Car Review: The Land Rover Defender goes wild

The icon has arrived in a two-door with a shorter wheel-base

Same same, but different: The latest Land Rand Discovery needs a trained eye to dissect its facelift

Land Rover Discovery: Little to report in facelift

The new offering needs a trained eye to dissect its changes

Unconscionable: Health workers’ right to refuse abortions vs women’s right to choose

Racial bias against black medical practitioners ‘reflects fissures of an unresolved past’

The testimonials of black doctors have given credence to allegations of racial profiling. Of those listed on a Gems blacklist, 94% of general practitioners were black