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Fish with wasabi and trimmings on black plate with black background
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Heléne van der Westhuizen

Where Words Take Us – Wasabi

Wasabi secrets and instructions for newbie sushi fans. What to do and what not to do if you want to start a long and happy relationship with sushi and wasabi. Oh, beware, the wasabi.

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Safrea Chronicle
Iza Grek
Iza Grek

On the edge of madness

My ‘must-read’ story On the edge of madness He was ugly. No doubt about it. Yet an intangible, subtle something drew me to him. He

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Arja Salafranca
Arja Salafranca

Salt in the rooibos cappuccino

But this isn’t about the failure of a relationship. They happen all the time. That fact is almost a cliché. This is about what happens when you rise from the futon, this is what happens when you move and attempt to make a new life for yourself, this is about you stumbling to your friend’s kitchen on that August morning. 

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Ndweni Ndweni

Covid-19 vaccine inequity: when Africa sneezes, the world sneezes too!

The highly transmissible Covid-19 omicron variant that was recently detected in South Africa was a result of vaccine inequity. Fighting the pandemic as a collective through global Covid-19 vaccination rollout programmes that are inclusive of low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) is part of the solution, writes Buhle Ndweni, Independent Health Economist.

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Tiffany Markman

5 design elements for writers to consider

Yoh. Content gets prettier every day. Back in 2008, when I started blogging, my highest priorities were capital letters, full stops and paragraph spacing. Today, we’re not in Copy Kansas anymore, Toto.

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Tiffany Markman

Why your writing matters on YouTube

The words that accompany your YouTube videos, once you’ve created them*, are a big part of how hard your channel, video and/or YouTube community at large will work for your brand or message. So never discount, half-arse, or rush the writing part. Every YouTube video can, and should be, organically optimised to derive the most value.

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