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The City of Johannesburg’s Food Resilience Programme seeks to address urban poverty and food insecurity among residents.

According to Food Value Chain Sub-unit Head at the City of Johannesburg Simon Motsusi, the unit provides interested residents with the means to develop their own food gardens.

“We encourage residents to plant fruit and vegetables in their backyards, on rooftops or in open spaces near where they live,” Motsusi explains.

“We also support small, medium and large-scale farming co-operatives who wish to grow food to sell to the public,” he says.

South Africa’s first all-female firefighting team, made up of women from disadvantaged backgrounds, is already standing shoulder-to-shoulder with other firefighters to put out blazes during the Western Cape’s fire season. 

A newly-launched centre of specialisation is set to produce much-needed artisans for the country.

Boland TVET College’s Centre of Specialisation in Welding, based at the college’s Worcester campus, is skilling youth and upskilling artisans.

If you are a crafter whose company produces corporate gifts, beaded craft products, crafts using recycled materials or souvenirs, you can now also enter the Innibos National Craft Awards.

Entries for the fourth instalment of the awards opened in November last year, and it is focused on showcasing the excellence of skill among South Africa’s crafters.

A KwaZulu-Natal marathon runner is the first African woman to complete the gruelling World Marathon Challenge but for her, the journey will only end when she raises sufficient funds to transform a rural school.

The Office of the Credit Ombud gives hope to consumers by enforcing their rights in a fair and balanced manner.

A report released in 2019 by the National Credit Regulator shows that 25 million consumers in South Africa have active credit and of these, 10 million are behind on their loan repayments.

A group of Khayelitsha residents are actively assisting the police to keep their neighbourhoods and children safe.

South Africa is geared to deal with  Coronavirus, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, told community members in KwaZulu-Natal’s Umngungundlovu District on Sunday.

Speaking at a community engagement session at the Pietermaritzburg City Hall, the Minister who largely spoke in isiZulu, said a collective effort as well as good basic hygiene habits are needed in order tackle to the virus.

He said while the South African healthcare system is facing challenges including the shortage of nurses, the country is capable of dealing with the virus.

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