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    HARMONY IN THE HOME

    Apr 24, 2020 4 minutes
    BY PIETER VAN ZYL

    THESE are extraordinary times: many of us working from home, kids around 24/7, the world at war with an invisible killer . . .

    We’re tense and irritable – and almost inevitably relationships take strain.

    “At the start of lockdown there was more of a sense of people getting into the spirit of the new normal,” says Cheryl Sol, a psychologist from Kloof, KwaZulu-Natal. “But after the president made his announcement that this period will be extended, this started to fizzle out. Organisations offering free therapy online or over the telephone suddenly experienced a spike from couples in trouble.”

    As lockdown life drags on, YOU spoke to experts for practical advice on how to keep your relationship on

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