Social Support
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During the June 2019 SONA, president Cyril Ramaphosa announced that more than 17 million social grants were paid out each… Read More
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Budget Cut
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South Africa has had two State of the Nation Addresses (SONA) in 2019. The February SONA saw a budget cut… Read More
Father Figures
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According to the State of SA’s Fathers Report, released by Sonke Gender Justice and the Human Sciences Research Council, 36%… Read More
Dying of Thirst
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Halsey Taylor invented the drinking fountain in 1912 as a tribute to his father. His father succumbed to typhoid fever… Read More
Expectant Fathers
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Expectant mothers aren’t the only ones who experience hormone changes. In a 2014 study, fathers showed significant prenatal declines in… Read More
A Dad by Any Other Name
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Father, Papa, Dada, Baba, Tata. Babies’ words for father tend to be similar. Linguist Roman Jakobson attributes this to the… Read More