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Higher education is the latest sector to delay its re-opening dates with 16 universities still finalising their academic year.

Addressing the media recently, Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, announced that universities will start the academic year between early March and mid-April.

The Department of Basic Education has adapted to meet the challenges brought on by the Coronavirus pandemic.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says the June 2021 examinations will be scrapped and replaced with controlled tests during the year.

The first weeks of the year have been difficult for all South Africans. The coronavirus pandemic has gotten worse, with new infections increasing far faster and far higher than before. Hospitals have been under great strain as more people have needed medical attention.

The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has reminded owners of cattle, sheep and goats to vaccinate their animals against Rift Valley Fever (RVF).

The department warned that the recent good rainfall in certain areas of the country will result in an increase in the numbers of mosquitoes that transmit this disease.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has stressed that getting enough COVID-19 vaccines as quickly as possible – and making sure that they reach the people who need them – is one of government’s biggest tasks this year.

You can save three lives by simply donating one unit of blood.

This year the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) ran critically low on blood stocks due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions that severely limited the SANBS’ ability to collect adequate blood stocks.

As we head into 2021, the matric class of 2020 will be eagerly awaiting their final exam results.  While many teens will celebrate this new phase in their life, some could feel alone and isolated if they failed or didn’t do as well as they hoped.

As we continue our efforts to manage the devastating Coronavirus pandemic, we cannot ignore the other public health challenges that our country faces.

For more than three decades, our country has been engaged in an ongoing struggle against HIV and AIDS, which has cost many lives and caused great hardship and suffering.