Fight the battle against food inflation and let’s bring food security home…
Food insecurity and inflation has been a reality for much of the 20th and 21st century.
Even though the average quality of life has thus far only improved year on year for the duration of human civilization, that doesn’t mean that there are not still millions of people suffering from...Read More
Don’t find yourself without cover…
As much as we want to do it ourselves, certain things, like home-owners insurance just isn’t a DIY job.
Unless you are exceptionally well-off and have millions of rands lying around, and don’t mind losing your home to some unforeseeable event, homeowner’s insurance is a fact of life.
Another fact of life is that you NEED TO READ THE...Read More
Waterwise just got a whole new meaning.
When it’s available we don’t really think about it…it’s just there. Pouring from our taps, spraying from our showerheads, boiling in our kettles. However, when there is even the slightest interruption in supply…it pretty quickly becomes the only thing you can think about.
The human body, (As well as most life on earth) is...Read More
Balancing “Hanging-on” with “Hoarding”
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We all have that one area of controlled chaos in our lives.
The catch-it-all-drawer in your kitchen that just never stays organized and draws everything from can openers to sticky tape, matches and left-over Christmas candy. Whatever you looking for, whether its superglue, scissors, postage stamps (yes, really!) or spare...Read More
It’s never to early to start planning your first summer party!
This year, summer needs to happen ASAP.
Longer days and warmer temperatures will mean that we’ll feel the sting of loadshedding a little bit less, and we won’t spend as much money on our gas heaters and candles.
As we get older it gets more difficult to get, and then stay, “On Trend”…
Whether it’s not...Read More
How to organize your kid’s room
How to deal with the mess of having children without:
Becoming a shouty parent, and
Revamping your guest room into a playroom and spending more money than is good for you?
Kids seem to generate chaos.
All through their first year you fight against buying plastic toys, you limit birthday gifts and keep on telling...Read More
Upcycling saves the planet, and your budget.
We have been told that the way to save the planet is to “Reduce, re-use, recycle”…
Most of us listened and now have bins for tins, glass and paper, we compost, we have way too many reusable shopping bags (sitting uselessly in a cupboard at home or in your car boot) and we feel super guilty when we buy single use plastics....Read More