Jozi Gist

October is Mental Health Awareness Month, with World Mental Health Day on 10 October. While much of the conversation around money and mental health focuses on financial stress, there’sanother, more positive aspect: being in control of your finances can reduce anxiety and foster greater clarity and optimism. Having more money certainly makes some financial challenges easier to manage, but being organised is not reserved for people with high incomes and few debts.

Johannesburg, September 2026 | The 12th season of Tropika Island Of Treasure has officially kicked off on the breathtaking Réunion Island as the eight celebrities meet the eight smoooth fans who will join them on the ultimate adventure. Upon arriving in paradise, the contestants were immediately thrown into the deep end with three intense, high-energy rounds of speed dating.

A supplement tub can make an impressive first impression. Bold ingredient names, performance promises and numbers dominate thefront of the pack. The more revealing information, however, is often buried in the small print. South African sports and performance supplements company Nutritional Performance Labs (NPL) believes consumers should know exactlywhat they are paying for, how much of each active ingredient they are getting and whether a product’s claims are supported by its formulation.

The word “probiotic” now appears on everything from supplement bottles and yoghurt tubs to fermented drinks. It is often used as shorthand for good gut health, but that description leaves outan important detail: probiotics are not a single ingredient with a single purpose. Warrior yoga exercise. Young fitness woman is on the field outdoors. Different probiotic micro-organisms perform different functions, and their effects can depend on the strain, dose and health concern being addressed.

The development of future leaders begins long before an executive appointment. It takes shape when a student is encouraged to question an assumption, an employee is trusted to lead a project,or an entrepreneur has the opportunity to reflect on a difficult decision. These experiences help people develop the judgement and confidence they will later bring to positions of greater responsibility. For me, advancing leadership forms part of a broader responsibility to recognise and develop talent fairly.

We tell young people that if they believe in themselves and work hard enough, they can do anything. We say it because we mean well. I have said versions of it myself, but I no longer think it is true. That does not mean I believe the game is fixed or that effort is pointless. I have spent a career watching hard work change lives, including my own. What I no longer believe isthat hard work operates in a vacuum. My first arena was sport.

One of the most remarkable things about pharmacists is how effortlessly they appear to make complex clinical decisions. A patient describes a symptom, asks for advice, and within moments receives a recommendation. Tomost people, it seems straightforward. In reality, that recommendation often reflects years of education, professional judgement, and continual learning.

Johannesburg, September 2026 | TCL, a global leader in consumer electronics and the world’s No. 1 Mini LED and ultra large TV brand, is strengthening its home appliance presence in South Africa with its entry into the premium laundry segment. Leading this expansion is the new TCL C5 Laundry Series, a next generation washing machine range developed to deliver greater capacity, smarter fabric care, advanced hygiene and everyday convenience for modern households.

Johannesburg, 28 September 2026 | Brand and communications agency Penquin has been named The New Generation Medium Agency of the Year for the second consecutive year at the 2026 WesBank New Generation Awards, adding to an impressive night for the agency.

South Africa’s Right to Repair movement was represented on the global stage this month when representatives of Motor Industry Workshop Association (MIWA) and Right to Repair South Africa (R2RSA) joined automotive aftermarket organisationsfrom across the world at the Right to Repair Global meeting at Automechanika Frankfurt.