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Areas where food is prepared or stored had more bacteria and fecal contamination than other places in the home, according to a recent research by the National Sanitation Foundation. In the study, about 80% of kitchen sponges, cutting boards, stoves and coffee makers had Salmonella, and E.coli compared to 10% of bathroom handles. To avoid the wrath of such disease-causing...

Living in a tiny home can be both challenging and liberating. Because there isn’t a lot of space you have to learn to regularly throw away clutter. It doesn’t matter if it is a small apartment or a tiny house. Your happiness largely depends on to what extent you can remain organised. Here are 10 ways to organise and save...

The cost of allergies to the South African economy is more than R606-million a year, with more than 1.8 million children affected by asthma and even more affected by seasonal allergies. When it comes to your home, it’s important to employ organisational techniques that promote health and well-being, especially when it comes to the cleanliness of the spaces you live in. However,...

Almost every home has a room where all the unwanted items that have never been organised, are stored. This room is not only a dump room but probably also a rubbish room! When you’ve got a room like this in your home, it is probably incredibly crowded and messy because everyone in the home continuously dumps and never organises. However,...

Identity fraud is a risk to all of us, both as individuals and as businesses, simply because we deal with so many pieces of information on a daily basis. To criminals, a discarded bank statement or photocopy of a passport could be enough to allow them to start building up a picture of you, your customers or your business and...

I read a sign once that said, “Due to economic cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off”. It’s funny, until load shedding messes with your daily routine (South Africans know what I mean). We all need to save electricity so we did some homework and have come up with these 10 suggestions.

I have come to realise over the years, that a small change in my morning routine can change the entire course of my day. For example, starting my day earlier ensures that I get quiet time before the phone starts ringing or if I prepare food to take to work, I don’t land up wasting money or getting irritable because...

Akin to any other ecosystem, the environment isn’t immune to toxic wastes and pollutants. For years, many eco-warriors and eco-driven companies have pushed for people to recycle and it seems as if people are finally listening. I for one, have been recycling for over 20 years and I have been committed to teaching my children to do the same. The...