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Lost opportunity: Researcher Teboho Mofokeng says using drinking water to flush toilets is irrational.

Female & Guardian | SA’s loos not flushed with success

Using seawater and recycled water to flush toilets could save millions of litres of potable water daily

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Female & Guardian | Female architects ensure potty parity

The field was dominated by men but now women are coming to the fore with thoughtful buildings

In demand: Chantelle de Bruyn’s organic butternut coffee is a sustainable venture. Photo: Lyse Comins

Female & Guardian | Free State businesswoman’s butternut coffee a bold new brew

Chantelle de Bruyn is stirring up the local market with her blend of sustainability and taste

Preeclampsia is a rising threat to maternal and infant health. Urgent investment in genetic research and early detection could save thousands of lives

Female & Guardian | African women at higher risk of preeclampsia – a dangerous pregnancy complication

Preeclampsia is a complication characterised by high blood pressure and organ damage, arising during the second half of pregnancy, in labour or in the first week after delivery.…

Hope: Tendani Mulaudzi’s journey through drug addiction – using ecstasy and cocaine – ended in her recovery and setting out on a new path in her life. Photo: Supplied

Female & Guardian | She lost herself to addiction. Writing brought her back

Now a wellness coach and author, Tendani Mulaudzi helps others heal from addiction and trauma using storytelling and personal support

Challenges: Women have trouble accessing care for their newborns as well as facing problems such as poverty, food insecurity and a lack of transport. Photo: File

Female & Guardian | Newborns still dying needlessly in South Africa

Budget cuts, staff shortages and socio-economic barriers continue to undermine efforts to improve neonatal care and reduce infant mortality

Neglect: Women tend to put the immediate needs of their family first, neglecting their own future regarding their work and old age. Photo: Eric Miller/World Bank

Female & Guardian | Education key to financial freedom

Taking steps such as budgeting and investing will help women build financial independence

House of cards: Despite constitutional assurances of gender equality and the right to housing, women find themselves up against patriarchal norms, unequal treatment under customary practices and little protection from the law. Photos: Seri

Female & Guardian | ‘Policies skewed against women’

UN report finds discrimination against women in land and housing programmes

Advantage: Physician Phathokuhle Zondi realised early on that she could combine both her passions – sport and medicine. Photo: Supplied

Female & Guardian | How Dr Phathokuhle Zondi converts on rugby fields

Phathokuhle Zondi broke her first barrier when she took up a post as medical officer for the Blue Bulls

Trailblazer: Buli Ndlovu celebrates those raising children and bottom lines – working mothers. Photo: Supplied

SPONSORED | A love letter to women raising children and bottom lines

Women have to balance their lives as both mothers and as professionals, ensuring neither is neglected, writes Buli Ndlovu

Innovative financial solutions for women: Chipo Mushwana

SPONSORED | CHIPO MUSHWANA: Spearheading financial inclusion and entrepreneurship

As Nedbank’s executive of emerging innovation and payments, she urges the next generation to embrace challenges to help them grow

The plan behind the improvisation: Jessica Nkosi. Photo: Taff Studios

SPONSORED | JESSICA NKOSI: Directing her own life

The actress and presenter has followed her plan to success

Woman of faith … and finance: Meladi Maditsi.

SPONSORED | Meladi Maditsi: Faith, family and balance

She is a finance specialist at Nedbank in the Group Financial Control unit and loves her work

Continuing the legacy: Chicken Licken CEO Chantal Sombonos-Van Tonder.

SPONSORED | Chantal Sombonos-Van Tonder: ‘All women can have it all’

The Chicken Licken leader is a role model for women who refuse to choose between family and career.

‘To raise a child with tenderness is an act of resistance’: Zolani Mahola. Photo: Gary van Wyk

SPONSORED | ZOLANI MAHOLA: On music, motherhood and making meaning

Multi-talented artist sees being a mother as an inspiration that brought her ‘closer to her truth’

SPONSORED | KGOTHATSO DITHEBE: A model and a mother making her mark

She believes that women need to do have the determination to do things for themselves

A solid foundation: Thato Moeng. Photo: Richard Townsend

SPONSORED | THATO MOENG: Game changer, third generation

The sports journalist and presenter comes from a line of resourceful women

‘Children are a contribution, not a disruption’: Sihle Hlophe.

SPONSORED | SIHLE HLOPHE: Challenging stereotypes about working mothers

The filmmaker believes motherhood need not stop a woman from reaching her career ambitions

Financial discipline: Nthabiseng Matshekga.

SPONSORED | NTHABISENG MATSHEKGA: ‘I’m not afraid to talk about money anymore’

The executive head of integrated marketing and experience at Nedbank shows that financial health, like parenting, is a process

Guardian of environmental impact: Emely van Heesch-Smith. Photo: Ricardo de Leca

SPONSORED | Emely van Heesch-Smith: Florist with a sustainable edge turns over new leaf

With over 30 years of experience in floristry, Emely van Heesch-Smith turned over a new leaf during the Covid pandemic, becoming a sustainable floral décor artist for a new age.…