Chanel September

What is the aim? To change lives. Krystle Stewien said she is determined to make a difference. The Randburg marketing manager decided to take on the aQuellé Midmar Mile Eight-Mile Charity Challenge in KwaZulu-Natal for the first time last year after hearing about the amount raised. This year, she will once again be representing children’s cancer charity CHOC, which aims to save lives through early detection and comprehensive support programmes for families affected by cancer.

They returned home this week from the Initiative for Research and Innovation in STEM (IRIS) Global Symposium held in New Delhi. The event showcased the groundbreaking research of young minds from around the globe tackling pressing challenges, particularly in environmental sustainability and technology.

Official figures presented by the National Gambling Board (NGB) to Parliament in October indicate that, for the 2024/25 financial year, total gambling turnover reached R1.5 trillion, up from approximately R1.1 trillion in the previous year. But South Africa’s first gambling researcher, Thelma Oppelt, warned that gambling has become a silent epidemic. “And so, this is my real concern, and I did my doctoral research on the impact on families, right?