Traditional healers | Bizcommunity

Traditional healers | Bizcommunity

News

Image source: tumsasedgars –

Labour Law & Unions

Why a sick note won't get you out of a disciplinary hearing

Sibusiso Dube 6 Jun 2025

Source: © BartPhoto -

Labour Law

Sick of sick leave? What employers can and cannot do about it

6 Jan 2025

#BestofBiz 2024: HR & Management

HR & Management

#BestofBiz 2024: HR & Management

17 Dec 2024

#BestofBiz 2024: Legal

Legal

#BestofBiz 2024: Legal

17 Dec 2024

Image source: Natallia Khlapushyna –

Public Liability & Personal Injury

Court considerations in traditional healer's battle for income in personal injury claim

Mpumelelo Ndlela 15 Oct 2024

Arbor Month in South Africa

CSI & Philanthropy

Arbor Month in South Africa

Issued by Sappi 6 Sep 2024

Young entrepreneur's candle business shines bright despite challenges

SMEs

Young entrepreneur's candle business shines bright despite challenges

Sinovuyo Mfiki 25 Jul 2024

Image source: freepik from

Legislation & Regulation

Traditional healers: New regulations to provide clarity

John Botha 18 Jul 2024

Image source: Elena Elisseeva –

Legislation & Regulation

Draft regulations for the registration of traditional health practitioners

8 Jul 2024

Castle Milk Stout and Contralesa are steadfast on cementing Ancestor's Day in the national calendar

ESG

Castle Milk Stout and Contralesa are steadfast on cementing Ancestor's Day in the national calendar

Issued by MSports Marketing 23 May 2024

Image source: Aaron Amat –

Labour Law & Unions

On the hook for playing hooky: Consequences of sick leave abuse

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 3 May 2024

Image: Supplied

Labour Law & Unions

Fake doctor's notes can get you fired

28 Mar 2024

Image source: starush –

Labour Law & Unions

Traditional healers: What leave regulations say about training and treatment

24 Jan 2024

Natural Medicine

South Africa's traditional medicines should be used in modern health care

Zelna Booth 8 Sep 2023

A unity of paradox - the healing powers of artificial intelligence in traditional medicine

Higher Education

A unity of paradox - the healing powers of artificial intelligence in traditional medicine

Nivisha Parag, Issued by Regent Business School 4 Sep 2023

Music

Sama Lifetime and International Achievement recipients announced

2 Aug 2022

Africa's oldest brew and a companion of many celebrations

FMCG

Africa's oldest brew and a companion of many celebrations

Millicent Maroga, Issued by Heineken South Africa 25 May 2022

New court case launched to stop Shell's seismic survey on Wild Coast

Environment & Natural Resources

New court case launched to stop Shell's seismic survey on Wild Coast

Tania Broughton 7 Dec 2021

Pfizer vaccine hits SA shores

Covid-19

Pfizer vaccine hits SA shores

3 May 2021

SA to resume Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout

Covid-19

SA to resume Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout

26 Apr 2021

Medical staff check each others protective suits. Photo by SUMY SADURNI/AFP via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

Ebola strikes West Africa again: key questions and lessons from the past

Mosoka Fallah 19 Feb 2021

Sappi celebrates Arbour Day and our heritage by conserving endangered Pepperbark trees

Environment & Natural Resources

Sappi celebrates Arbour Day and our heritage by conserving endangered Pepperbark trees

Issued by Sappi 4 Sep 2020

A bottle of Covid Organics, a herbal tea that authorities in Madagascar gave to students. Photo by Rijasolo/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Why more must be done to fight bogus Covid-19 cure claims

Chimaraoke Izugbara & Mary O Obiyan 19 May 2020

Mpumalanga-based youth takes on poultry industry from ground up

Agribusiness

Mpumalanga-based youth takes on poultry industry from ground up

25 May 2020

Branding

HKLM breathes life into Karingani - a visionary new brand in African conservation

Issued by HKLM 15 Apr 2020

Traditional medicines sold at a South African market.
Rebecca and William Beinart

Pharmaceuticals

The story of the pharma giant and the African yam

William Beinart 10 Feb 2020

The spread of false information can have a devastating impact on affected communities. Woohae Cho/Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

False information fuels fear during disease outbreaks: there is an antidote

Marina Joubert 10 Feb 2020

UKZN's Siyabonga Khuzwayo wins Corobrik Regional Architecture Award

Architecture & Design

UKZN's Siyabonga Khuzwayo wins Corobrik Regional Architecture Award

28 Nov 2019

Black women in South Africa are more likely to die from breast cancer than others. NS Natural Queen/Shutterstock

Oncology

Demon disease, worse than HIV: Soweto women's views on breast cancer

Emily Mendenhall 12 Nov 2019

Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize

NHI

#HASA2019: NHI is a work in progress

Nicci Botha 26 Aug 2019

Eucomis autumnalis is more than just a plant - it could play a role in biomedical engineering. Gurcharan Singh/Shutterstock

Medical Research

Lab studies suggest medicinal plants can help repair human bone and tissue

Franca Nneka Alaribe & Keolebogile Shirley Motaung 13 Aug 2019

Health workers from Bwera hospital prepare to transport the body of a fifty-year-old woman who died of Ebola to the burial site in Bwera, Uganda. MELANIE ATUREEBE/EPA

Infectious Diseases

How Africa's porous borders make it difficult to contain Ebola

Mosoka Fallah 18 Jun 2019

Meet the Maker: Simone Musgrave

Viticulture & Oenology

Meet the Maker: Simone Musgrave

Samantha Snedorf 30 Nov 2018

Traditional medicines on sale in Kibera slum in Nairobi. Flickr

Healthcare

Kenya's struggle to modernise traditional medicine is far from won

John Harrington 31 Aug 2018

Health systems rarely consider that patients switch between hospitals or primary healthcare centres and indigenous medicine for their health issues. Direct Relief/Tobin Greensweig

Mental health

Why indigenous medicine could play a role in rebuilding health systems

Jean-Benoit Falisse and Serena Masino 20 Jun 2018

Dr Igno Siebert

Medical Aid

Infertility treatment model needs to be rethought

25 Nov 2016

Legislation & Regulation

'By word of mouth' registration for traditional healers may clash with NHA

Neil Kirby 9 Nov 2015

How changes in African traditional medicine research can benefit South Africa

Health & Social Welfare

How changes in African traditional medicine research can benefit South Africa

Nox Makunga 3 Sep 2015

Employers not obliged to accept medical certificates from traditional healers

Labour Law

Employers not obliged to accept medical certificates from traditional healers

Faan Coetzee and Kgotso Matjila 27 Mar 2015

Managing cultural beliefs in the workplace

Management & Leadership

Managing cultural beliefs in the workplace

Ingrid Barbara Lewin 11 Nov 2014

DA 'shames' Motsoeneng, SABC

Media Freedom

DA 'shames' Motsoeneng, SABC

20 Aug 2014

'Psychic doctor' told to pull ad

Advertising

'Psychic doctor' told to pull ad

18 Feb 2014

Gaining total control of AIDS

HIV/AIDS

Gaining total control of AIDS

3 Dec 2013

Dressing to discriminate - corporate dress codes and discrimination

Labour Law

Dressing to discriminate - corporate dress codes and discrimination

Mohsina Chenia and Nicholas Preston 4 Sep 2013

Legal

What does the law say about traditional healers?

Lia Marus 1 Aug 2013

Higher Education

East London girl heads for university at sea

Aretha Linden 7 Jan 2013

Law Enforcement

Enabling environment created to deal with gender-based violence

Gabi Khumalo 26 Nov 2012

KNP and traditional healers partner to fight poaching

Wildlife management

KNP and traditional healers partner to fight poaching

3 Sep 2012

Wildlife management

Vietnamese man found with three rhino horns

15 May 2012