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Healing childhood trauma

A non-governmental organisation is working hard to help young children deal with past hurts and trauma in the Western Cape 

The Community Keepers non-governmental organisation (NGO) is addressing child abuse by providing 28 schools in the Western Cape with trauma counselling services.

Transforming the agricultural sector

Recently, the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) announced that members of the public will be able to apply to lease 700 000 hectares of underutilised or vacant state land in seven of the provinces.

Agricultural land is the mainstay of our natural resource base. The availability and sustainable use of farmland to grow crops and for animal husbandry is key to our very survival.

Mooikloof Mega City to address housing for "missing middle"

President Cyril Ramaphosa recently launched the Mooikloof Mega Residential City in Tshwane, Gauteng, which is geared to address the housing needs of the “missing middle”.

The public-private partnership development seeks to assist the missing middle -- people who earn too much to qualify for fully subsidised housing but who do not earn enough to afford debt-financed housing in areas of their choice.

State land to be leased

Government will, in the next two weeks, advertise thousands of hectares of available State land for lease, as the country accelerates its land reform programme.

Detailing how the process will unfold, Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza says during this period, government will issue advertisement notices of 896 farms measuring
700 000 hectares (ha) of underutilised or vacant State land in the following provinces:

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