Ain’t nobody got time for the haters — we’re too busy dancing. Global (24 April 2016) – This past February a man named Sean O’Brien was body-shamed and bullied…
Is vulnerability the same as weakness? “In our culture,” teaches Dr. Brené Brown, “we associate vulnerability with emotions we want to avoid such as fear, shame, and uncertainty. Yet we…
For Jerry Selwane (44), going above and beyond the call of duty to protect defenceless animals is a no-brainer. Soweto, South Africa (22 April 2016) – Selwane is a…
Ntandoyenkosi Kunene attends a hip-hop class and makes a young girls’ dream come true. Ntandoyenkosi Kunene celebrated her 24th birthday over the weekend, a day short of a month since…
“I am a normal South African who happens to be extremely pissed off at you.” These words appear in one of Kavisha Pillay’s frequent missives addressed to President Jacob Zuma….
A Texas police officer gave a 5-year-old boy a hero’s sendoff by attending the child’s funeral dressed as Spider-Man. Joshua Garcia drowned in a pool April 2, just moments after…
An award-winning science project by two Cape Town matric pupils could save thousands of lives. Khayelitsha teens Kholiswa Ntshinga, 18, and Yolanda Nkala, 17, have discovered low-cost ways to reduce…
This is Benjamin Giroux. He’s a 10-year-old with Asperger’s Syndrome who attends Cumberland Head Elementary School in Plattsburgh, New York. This week, his teacher asked her students to write a…
DEFYING all the odds – and with a little help from his guide dog – quadriplegic Heinrich Williams will graduated from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) with a national diploma…
The wait is over — Pink just released her first single since 2013’s “True Love.” “Just Like Fire” comes from the Alice Through the Looking Glass soundtrack, which will also…
Where mind meets heart
“There is no better exercise for your heart than reaching down and helping lift someone up” - Bernard Meltzer
