{pp}Entertainment with a purpose. It is often associated with globally televised events where rock stars and politicians combine forces to support a worthy cause. In South Africa, however, a grassroots mini-musical mainly directed at small audiences of rural workers is making a difference in communities most affected by the planet’s most lethal pandemic.

{pp}A support group for newly diagnosed patients and their families. Living with cancer can seem like an insurmountable challenge. Hoping is Coping will give you and those close to you, a better understanding of this illness and its effects.

{pp}Local medical schemes are falling victim to an increasing trend of members abusing benefits provided, by making unnecessary claims, for a variety of reasons. Many are ‘professional patients’, a term used to describe otherwise healthy medical aid members who pretend that they are or in some cases believe that they are genuinely sick. This has a knock-on effect by absorbing resources and funds that could have been better used by those that most need it.

{pp}The topic of water is very broad and riddled with myths and opinions - creating a lot of murkiness. But there are fundamental principles from which you can draw a sensible conclusion for yourself. I always say: Education and knowledge is the key to making the right decisions. So the idea of these three letters is to empower you to see ‘through this glass more clearly’.

{pp}RemSpecED - a developing resource for the parent, teacher and therapist market, will be expanding its offering to incorporate print media in 2007.