Tag: health

A per diem (from the Latin for per day) is a daily stipend given to business travellers to cover food and incidental expenses while they’re on the road. It’s not, in fact, a perk to make up for the inconvenience of being away from home – or a little extra spending money to splurge on spoils and souvenirs.

Only the Brave is a heart-wrenching story of courage and hope set in wartime Berlin, from the billion-copy bestseller Danielle Steel. In 1930s Berlin, dark days dawn under Hitler’s Third Reich. For nineteen-year-old Sophia Alexander, life will never be the same.

The Sunday Times bestseller and as featured on the trending Netflix show You Are What You Eat. Live better for longer with this ultimate guide to longevity from the bestselling author of How Not to Die. We all want to stay healthy as we age but, with so many different claims out there, it can be hard to know the best advice to follow.

The time has come for South African telecommunication companies to face greater scrutiny. With data prices higher in South Africa than in many other African states, these companies should be more accountable to their customers. Yet this is not happening.

We can learn a thing or two from the global movement of rugby players, applying similar principles to business that will give organisations a competitive edge.

Innovations kept coming in 2022, and drives my choice of the year’s best tech. As consumers keep tightening their belts, manufacturers have to find new ways to convince them to go out and spend. As a result, the pace of innovation has speeded up, even as spending seems to slow down.

While health laws and regulations are always made with the best of intentions, the costs that they represent to the economy – particularly in trying times like today – are unacceptably high. This is especially true for small businesses that must comply with a host of First World standards. It is time to reassess.

If you are a medical scheme member, you have probably heard the phrase Prescribed Minimum Benefits or PMBs. But precisely what are they, who are they for, and when do they get used? It might help to answer some of your questions and concerns and help you to understand what you are entitled to and how PMBs fit into your medical aid cover.

It’s a sobering thought, but South Africans have a serious climate change problem. As the world’s 14th largest emitter of carbon dioxide, we have a massive role to play in responding to climate change, and a duty to the planet to shift to a lower-carbon economy. As a signatory to the 2015 Paris Accord, United Nations member countries agreed to hasten their transition to a low-carbon future.

Staying fit has become a bit of a national obsession, and in this digital age, if you can’t record it, you can’t track it. Fitbit is regarded as the leader in fitness monitoring wearables, and with the release of the Versa, their latest device Fitbit are hoping that the Versa may be the one that cracks the smartwatch code.