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Tips to stay safe from a fire this winter

WINTER is upon us and that means cold mornings, gusty days and icy evenings. Most people do not quite enjoy the season because with it comes the regular winter illnesses. But winter is also the time to get comfortable and cosy up under the blankets or in front of a heater or fire with a good book. One should always remember the dangers of open fires and heaters. Useful tips to stay safe this winter • As with fireplaces, children and pets should not sit closer than a metre from a space heater. • Avoid placing heaters near curtains, tablecloths or other fabrics. • Always make sure your space heater has an automatic shut-off switch, which forces the heater to shut off as soon as it reaches a dangerously high heat level. • Don’t ever cover the heater with anything. • Switch the heater off before going to sleep. • To avoid hot-air inhalation, put water in a bucket next to the heater. • Never leave the heater on with children around. • Always make sure you close the ga
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Hashtags Talk Show helps change the life of a young student

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Since the dawn of the “Fees Must Fall Movement” that began in mid-October 2015 in South Africa. The goals of the movement were to stop increases in student fees as well as to increase government funding of universities. The 2015 protest ended when it was announced by the South African a government that there would be no tuition fee increases for 2016 To date, we continue to see more students taking it to the streets demanding a change in how our higher learning institutions are run and how poor students continue to be financially excluded from universities. Like many students around the country who want to better themselves through education, Zama Vuyeka found herself at the mercy of financial exclusion. Zama Vuyeka is a brilliant first-year medical student who passed Matric (Grade 12) with straight A`s. She comes from a household where her grandparents are the sole breadwinners and her mother cannot contribute to her upbringing since internal injuries from a car accident left
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New salon for fabulosity in Brackenhurst

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OFFICIAL OPENING: Ruan Nel and Yvette le Roux ( founder) cut the official  ribbon of the Frenchy's Nail&Bar on March 29 in Brackenhurst THE best place to have nails done is now open in Brackenhust, Alberton. Frenchy’s Nail Bar recently opened its doors for splendor lovers on March 29. It was a well-attended opening. Frenchy’s Nail Bar is a salon born from a desire by its founder and owner, Yvette le Roux (46) to bring back a time where people mattered, and time was valued. She is the solitary founder of the new nail salon situated in the Brackenhurst suburb. This newly opened nail bar encompasses of all ages who are up to looking exquisite. Yvette told the RECORD that the nail bar is especially focused on busy moms, singles moms, working moms, in fact, all of the female populations far and wide, teens, grannies, aunts and students.Frenchy's will transport all ladies back in time where quality and laughter were key, with a touch of keeping up with what’s lit and
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Location: Gauteng, South Africa
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THE SCOURGE CANNIBALISM INVADES SOUTH AFRICA

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The recent spate of stories in the news about face-eating, ripping a man’s heart out of his chest, and serving one’s own penis for dinner and blood drinking has put cannibalism back on the map. It’s horrifying, nauseating and suggests that the coming Zombiepocalypse may are not complete hogwash In South African, the nation have been visible to some gruesome twirling shook and outraged after a series of incident of human slaughter and cannibalism. In places province like Kwazulu Ntala male gender have been held feasting and harvesting the flesh of other human being. Lately in the in Mount Frere, in the community of KwaBhaca,Eastern Cape a 23 year old man was caught eating a flesh of woman after he slit her throat, this was the second practise of human slaughter and cannibalism in the Province, after vile occurrence in Port St. Johns, whereby an uncle slaughtered his 5-year old nephew and gobbled her flesh and heart and drank the blood. The act of cannibalism is regarded is diab
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honouring the Kings in our lives

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Father's Day is considered as a day to acknowledge the contribution of fathers to individual families and to societies as large. Observance of Father's Day helps fathers feel that their contributions are acknowledged by their children. On this day, children express thanks to their fathers for all their unconditional love and affection. The day was celebrated on the 18 June. Surprisingly enough, the dates of the celebration of Father’s Day are not the same everywhere. The customs and traditions differ from one country to the other. Father’s Day u is celebrated on the various day of the entire world, most commonly it’s celebrated on the 3 rd Sunday of June. While countries including the UK,US, France, South Africa ,Netherlands’, Greece, Japan, Canada and Saudi Arabian celebrated Father’s Day every June 18.Others have the day completely different date. It’s speculated that that the celebration dates different in the southern hemisphere because June is their autumn,
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WE ALL HUMAN IRRESPECTIVE OF OUR CONDITIONS

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Today the world saw  the gathering  of the awareness  of our  brothers and sisters who are living with Albisni,13 Jun. 17 it’s  an international day where countries, communities and societies  amalgamate  to tackle the myths, superstitions and stereotypes and may more other, about the unique individuals with Albinism. Albinism is caused by a mutation in one of several genes. Each of these genes provides instructions for making one of several proteins involved in the production of melanin. Melanin is produced by cells called melanocytes, which are found in your skin and eyes. A mutation may result in no melanin at all or a significant decline in the amount of melanin. Albinism is caused by a lack of the pigment melanin, which gives hair, skin and eyes their colour. Melanin is also involved in the development of the retina (the thin layer of nerve cells that line the inside of the back of the eye) and nerve connections between the retina and the brain, which is why
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