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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. It plays a major part in about 16% of the deaths of women in sub-Saharan Africa. And it’s on the rise. The incidence of preeclampsia in Africa […]

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

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

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

‘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’

‘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

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

Creating a safe space: Lerato Semenya.

SPONSORED | LERATO SEMENYA: Creating space to shine

The businesswoman took the brave step of leaving the corporate world and going out on her own

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.   After the whole industry shut down, she decided to find a workable solution for making floristry a sustainable practice, using the dried flowers that she […]

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

All star: Karla Pretorius

SPONSORED | KARLA PRETORIUS: From netball court warrior to high school girl mentor

The sport star sets store by good planning and hard 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.