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Over 800 000 jobs will be created by the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme. 

The Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP), led by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) and the Presidency’s Project Management Office, will see government invest R12.6 billion into job creation programmes and projects in the current financial year.

The stimulus programme is part of the Economic Recovery and Reconstruction Plan.

Ford engines valued at R7,8 million have been donated to technical schools to promote youth skills development and training in the automotive industry. 

When you sustain an injury while on duty or contract an occupational disease including Covid-19, here are simple steps to follow: 

1. Report your injury or disease immediately to your employer or supervisor. Your employer is legally responsible for reporting your injury on duty to the Compensation Fund within seven (7) days of receiving notice from you and within fourteen (14) days when it is an occupational disease as well as submitting the necessary forms and documents. 

With summer in full swing, it’s time to be even more aware of snakes. 

“They are commonly seen in summer, especially after heavy rains,” says African Snakebite Institute (ASI) Manager Ashley Kemp.

Women entrepreneurs have another excellent platform to grow themselves and their businesses, through a new initiative launched by the Department of Small Business Development, the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) and the International Trade Centre (ITC). 

When parents are not in a relationship, they need to put their child’s interests above any negative feelings they may have for each other. 

For children to reach their full potential, it is vitally important that they are raised in a safe, caring environment. For this to be achieved, both the mother and the father need to play an active role in parenting, even if the couple is separated.

Phelang School for Learners with Special Educational Needs is now able to recycle food waste at the school’s onsite garden, thanks to a donation of 10 composters, hand garden tools, fruit trees and seedlings from Mpact Plastic Containers and the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM).

A new PLAN to tackle corruption in South Africa was recently approved by Cabinet.

The new National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) is set to help law enforcement agencies root out corruption.

Applications are already open for various international scholarships for 2021.

If you have been thinking about furthering your studies overseas, your dream could come true, thanks to the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation’s invitation to South African students to apply for scholarships in other countries.

It is never too late to get your matric or to achieve the results you want, is the message behind the Department of Basic Education’s (DBE) Second Chance Matric Support Programme.

Director of the programme, Dr Sandy Malapile, says a matric qualification is an absolute necessity because without it, many doors of opportunity remain closed.