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How to have tough conversations about health and planning for worst-case scenarios
Covid-19 has highlighted the impact curve-balls can have on every aspect of life.
Dr Marion Morkel, chief medical officer at Sanlam, said there is an increased appetite for life insurance right now, as a result of the pandemic showing how uncertain life can be.
âItâs difficult to confront the idea of illness. However, the single greatest risk a young person faces, due to accidental injury or illness, is the loss of income â temporary or permanent,â Morkel said.
According to Sanlam 59% of their 2020 Covid-19 claims for income protection pay-outs were from people under age 39.
It’s one of the world’s most brutal races: 1000km with minimal sleep.
Munga riders go to some very dark places of the mind, as they battle winds in the Karoo.
The winner managed his astonishing ride on only a single power nap.
The South African mountain biking psyche is competitive, and no event encapsulates the ability to suffer through isolation, quite like the Munga.
It routes from Bloemfontein to Wellington and although your elementary geography would identify that route as being mostly downhill, it ranks a brutal endeavour, by any measure.
Alex Harris is the event organiser. An experienced climber, extreme adventure racer and explorer, Harris wished to create a uniquely South African endurance cycling challenge, through the Karoo. Since 2015 he has been routing South Africa’s hardiest mountain bikers through 1000km of unforgiving gravel riding.