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Community-based care centres are bringing essential social and health services to rural villages.

Poor families in a KwaZulu-Natal village will benefit from better nutrition, thanks to a donation by German state-owned KfW Development Bank, which was facilitated by the Department of Social Development (DSD).

Despite its rural location, a Limpopo primary school is unlocking the power of technology.

Pupils of a rural primary school have improved their academic results and are ahead of their peers in information and communication technology (ICT) knowledge. 

The Ntji Mothapo Primary School in Ga-Mothapo village outside of Polokwane, Limpopo, is equipped with ICT learning tools such as projectors and white boards for projecting videos and images; interactive learning boards and has internet access.

The 21-day national lockdown has had a huge impact on businesses and employees.

In response, government has announced a number of measures to protect all workers from the impacts of the lockdown. These include employees who work in non-essential services and who are required to stay at home for the full 21 days.

What are essential services?

A heartfelt “thank you” was the central message delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa to stakeholders involved in the repatriation of 112 citizens from Wuhan City, China.

While South Africans have been ordered to stay at home during the lockdown, sections of the transport sector will help keep the wheels of the COVID-19 response turning.

The 21-day nationwide lockdown means that the movement of South Africans has been heavily restricted.

Speaking at the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster media briefing, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula unpacked the lockdown implications for the transport sector.

Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu says the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is ready for social grant payments.

Unpacking the department’s intervention measures on Coronavirus (COVID-19) during a Social Cluster briefing held recently, Minister Zulu said retailers and the banking industry are working closely with SASSA to ensure that everyone is able to access their money.

During the first full week of the nation-wide lockdown to combat the coronavirus pandemic that is devastating the world, we were grateful for good news that brought us joy and hope at this difficult and uncertain time.

The 114 South Africans who were evacuated from Wuhan in China some weeks ago ended their quarantine and were reunited with their families. They have all tested negative for the virus and are in good health and good spirits.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has claimed thousands of lives and turned the world upside down.  

With March being Human Rights Month, Vuk’uzenzele looks at the rights of heath facility patients.

Healthcare is a basic human right that should be enjoyed by all South Africans.

This prompted the Department of Health to put together a Patients' Charter.

The charter states that everyone has the right to healthcare, regardless of their ability to pay for the treatment.

As a Transnet tugmaster Lindile Mdletshe (30) commands the powerful boats that are used to assist ship movements in the Port of Durban. While small in size, tugboats are extremely powerful and their handling takes much skill.

Mdletshe was born and bred in Port Shepstone and schooled at St Faiths.