BY JESS MOUNEIMNE Are you a ‘Belieber’ or a mommy to one? Have you allowed her- or possibly him to bunk school today? Thousands of Justin Bieber fans have ignored warnings by The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) not to bunk school and have converged on Cape Town Stadium, in a bid to secure a [Read More...]
BY JESS MOUNEIMNE One million babies die on the day they are born every year, according to the latest report from aid group, Save the Children The report, “Surviving the First Day”, released on Tuesday, says that sub-Saharan countries have the highest rates of pre-term births. The top countries making [Read More...]
BY JESS MOUNEIMNE Social media and the world of online is great for networking and buying and selling of unwanted goods. It turns out babies are not one of these things. Yes I really did just say that. Why? Well an online advertisement from a South African woman, apparently offering her baby for [Read More...]
BY JESS MOUNEIMNE Imagine going into labor at 5 months, being told that you are miscarrying, giving birth to your baby, despite feeling her kick, being told that she is dead and then hearing that she was founf alive in a medical waste dump only to lose her a day later due to more hospital [Read More...]
BY JESS MOUNEIMNE Yesterday at the mompreneur networking breakfast, one of our momprneurs excused herself from the session with tears in her eyes. While cold shivers ran down my spine, she told me of a family friend of hers, who’s husband had gone on a surfing trip (the same one her husband always goes on, but didn’t this year.) He was somehow thrown overboard in the stormy weather and was nowhere to be found. “Our children go to school together,” [Read More...]
BY JESS MOUNEIMNE Matt Silver-Vallance landed safely on Saturday after floating from Robben Island to the mainland using 200 helium filled balloons. The navy sounded four fog horns to congratulate him on his achievement. Silver-Vallance carried out the stunt in an attempt to raise R10 million for the building of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital. [Read More...]
Is that a bird? A plane? Nope – it’s a man strapped to 200 helium-filled party balloons. The Robben Island Balloon Run is a bold attempt by Matt Silver-Vallance to fly from Robben Island to the mainland of Cape Town using only a cluster of 200 helium-filled party balloons. In doing so, he hopes to [Read More...]
Wednesday 20 March is World Theatre Day. Hosted by ASSITEJ, This international association of theatre for children and young people (active in almost 90 countries) and its partners are working together to unite theatres across the world in conveying one message: “Take a child to the theatre today”. In South Africa the campaign is particularly [Read More...]
By Philip Hensher If you look at individual organisations, you will see that sport can diminish gang crime. It can diminish racism (Sport Against Racism Ireland). It can improve attainment in maths “through physical activity and sport” (Active Learning Programme), or put an end to female genital mutilation (Women Win). Sports people are routinely held [Read More...]
BY JESS MOUNEIMNE Today, Friday 15th is Black Friday, a day aimed at raising awareness against rape in our country. The issue has gained worldwide attention recently with the high profile gruesome bus rape in India and the recent horror rape of a Cape town teenager. Then just yesterday, a day meant to be spend [Read More...]