Create a lasting legacy through simple, meaningful projects that preserve memories, ease grief, and celebrate life—before and after loss.

Discover how embracing the awareness of death can deepen your appreciation for life. Inspired by Paulo Coelho’s Veronika Decides to Die, this reflective piece explores emotional growth, letting go of expectations, and living with intention—fuelled by the practices and insights of a death doula. A thoughtful invitation to face mortality, find meaning, and choose a life that truly feels your own.

Whether you’ve always wanted to make a difference or are inspired to become a post-mortem hero, learn why organ donation matters in South Africa.

Take control of your end-of-life medical choices with an advance directive. Discover DignitySA’s tool, appoint a medical proxy, and ensure your wishes are respected.

Discover practical, family-tested steps to prepare for a stress-free retirement in South Africa. From debt reduction to budget planning, learn how to manage finances, cut costs, and ease the transition into retirement.

We are reluctant to draw up a will often for two reasons: we do not want to face the thought of our death or we think it is a complicated task. This article is about taking away this second reason: A will is as simple as you want it to be. More important than the detailed content is actually that someone knows where it is. 

Despite death being an inevitability for all of us, as a society we tend to try and avoid the topic. And yet it makes sense to think about it, plan around it and make an inevitable event less traumatic, less painful, and possibly even to introduce aspects of joy and celebration.