Experts say presenteeism - being physically present at work but mentally absent and unproductive, comes at a greater economic cost than absenteeism. In South Africa the cost of mental health-related presenteeism has been estimated at over five-thousand US dollars per employee annually versus about eight-hundred-and-fifty-thousand per employee annually for absenteeism. For more on this issue as the country marks Corporate Mental Health Week, here's Professor Renata Schoeman Head of MBA Healthcare Leadership at Stellenbosch Business School.

Experts say presenteeism - being physically present at work but mentally absent and unproductive, comes at a greater economic cost than absenteeism. In South Africa the cost of mental health-related presenteeism has been estimated at over five-thousand US dollars per employee annually versus about eight-hundred-and-fifty-thousand per employee annually for absenteeism. For more on this issue as the country marks Corporate Mental Health Week, here's Professor Renata Schoeman Head of MBA Healthcare Leadership at Stellenbosch Business School.

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Economic cost of presenteeism in the workplace

This Mandela day on the 18th of July, the non-profit organization Ladles of Love, has set out to break the Guinness World Record for the world's largest mosaic created entirely out of cans of food. The attempts will take place in Cape Town and Johannesburg. The food cans collected for the mosaic will be donated to communities in need and money raised will feed the hungry. For more on this initiative here's Mokgadi Itsweng, who is both a Ladles of Love Trustee and member of the global United Nations Chefs Manifesto.

This Mandela day on the 18th of July, the non-profit organization Ladles of Love, has set out to break the Guinness World Record for the world's largest mosaic created entirely out of cans of food. The attempts will take place in Cape Town and Johannesburg. The food cans collected for the mosaic will be donated to communities in need and money raised will feed the hungry. For more on this initiative here's Mokgadi Itsweng, who is both a Ladles of Love Trustee and member of the global United Nations Chefs Manifesto.

Charity embarks on creating biggest mosaic out of food cans for Mandela Day

While South Africa was the first country to adopt a constitution that explicitly prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation, many trans people have or will experience some sort of discrimination in their lifetime. The trans community often struggle to access health care and face unfair discrimination in access to education, sport, employment, and social security. To encourage more acceptance and understanding Nestle Cremora has launched the Joy of Inclusion campaign. More from Miss Drag South Africa Miz Cambell, who identifies as non-binary.

While South Africa was the first country to adopt a constitution that explicitly prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation, many trans people have or will experience some sort of discrimination in their lifetime. The trans community often struggle to access health care and face unfair discrimination in access to education, sport, employment, and social security. To encourage more acceptance and understanding Nestle Cremora has launched the Joy of Inclusion campaign. More from Miss Drag South Africa Miz Cambell, who identifies as non-binary.

Nestle Cremora launches Joy of Inclusion campaign

An urgent scale up of the humanitarian response is needed to avoid deadly consequences in Nigeria's Borno State. This is according to the global medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders or MSF. Since May, MSF has been witnessing an unprecedented influx of malnourished children to its nutrition centre in Maiduguri, suggesting an alarming nutritional crisis in Borno. So far this year, more than two-thousand malnourished children have been admitted for hospital care - about 50 per cent more than from the same period last year. For more on the situation, Channel Africa's Jane Rabothata spoke to MSF medical coordinator in Nigeria Dr Htet Aung Kyi.

An urgent scale up of the humanitarian response is needed to avoid deadly consequences in Nigeria's Borno State. This is according to the global medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders or MSF. Since May, MSF has been witnessing an unprecedented influx of malnourished children to its nutrition centre in Maiduguri, suggesting an alarming nutritional crisis in Borno. So far this year, more than two-thousand malnourished children have been admitted for hospital care - about 50 per cent more than from the same period last year. For more on the situation, Channel Africa's Jane Rabothata spoke to MSF medical coordinator in Nigeria Dr Htet Aung Kyi.

Economic cost of presenteeism in the workplace

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