RC 260808Cape TalkSara-Jayne Makwala King

Saturday, 8 August 2026

Women's Day weekend breakfast leaned on practical advice and personal reinvention, with a strong perimenopause clinic, tax-saving tips, and a candid divorce-and-fresh-start interview.

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  1. 07:29

    Artscape’s Women’s Humanity Walk starts at the Civic Centre tomorrow at 10am, marking 70 years since the 1956 Women’s March and highlighting gender-based violence, disability rights and LGBTQI+ safety.

  2. 07:44

    Perimenopause was framed as a clinical issue, not a mood problem: symptoms can start seven to ten years before menopause, and blood tests often miss it because hormone levels swing wildly.

  3. 08:16

    Tax season advice: don’t auto-accept SARS assessments without checking retirement contributions, medical aid credits, side-hustle income and donations; deductions lower taxable income, they don’t come back rand for rand.

  4. 09:19

    Sue Erasmus said her divorce forced hard healing work, therapy and co-parenting, and her new workbook ‘Before You Say I Do’ is meant to help couples confront triggers, finances and conflict before marriage.