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Spirituality

Tech takes root — Eastern Cape traditional healer teaches AI app to recognise medicinal plants

Business Maverick

Tech takes root — Eastern Cape traditional healer teaches AI app to recognise medicinal plants

By Estelle Ellis

We must heed ‘the cry of the Earth’, for our scriptures call us to protect the sanctity of creation

Maverick Citizen

We must heed ‘the cry of the Earth’, for our scriptures call us to protect the sanctity of creation

By Rachel Mash

It’s time private schools listened to parents who dare to challenge their conservatism

South Africa

It’s time private schools listened to parents who dare to challenge their conservatism

By Ruth Simbao

Think therapy is navel-gazing? Think again

Magazine

Think therapy is navel-gazing? Think again

By Steven Sandage

Sites Unseen: A pilgrimage beyond politics and platitudes reawakens a spiritual connection to land

South Africa

Sites Unseen: A pilgrimage beyond politics and platitudes reawakens a spiritual connection to land

By Paul Weinberg

Thich Nhat Hanh, who worked for decades to teach mindfulness, approached death in that same spirit

World

Thich Nhat Hanh, who worked for decades to teach mindfulness, approached death in that same spirit

By Brooke Schedneck

Pastor, sangoma, genderqueer change agent: The journey of an intersex activist

South Africa

Pastor, sangoma, genderqueer change agent: The journey of an intersex activist

By Zukiswa Pikoli

Benjamin Tyamzashe: The man, his God, and music

Magazine

Benjamin Tyamzashe: The man, his God, and music

By Sibusiso Lundi Mnyanda

South African artist Boemo Diale: The Colours of Racial Ambiguity

Magazine

South African artist Boemo Diale: The Colours of Racial Ambiguity

By Sandiso Ngubane

Talking through grief may be the life support people in mourning need, says sangoma Amanda Gcabashe

Magazine

Talking through grief may be the life support people in mourning need, says sangoma Amanda Gcabashe

By Catherine Del Monte

When facing death and loss, never underestimate the power of community

Magazine

When facing death and loss, never underestimate the power of community

By Karel van der Vyver

Just find a quiet spot: Making sense and being mindful in a time of Covid-19

Magazine

Just find a quiet spot: Making sense and being mindful in a time of Covid-19

By Lindie Botha and Jane Burt