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The new year is an opportunity for a fresh start, to set meaningful goals, create new habits and adjust your past financial spending habits to ensure a more sustainable future.

The economic conditions  for 2020 look likely to be even tougher than in 2019, so it is imperative that you take a hard and objective look at your personal finances.

Empowervate Trust is a youth development non-profit organisation (NPO) that works in partnership with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to give learners an opportunity to become agents of change in their communities.

It runs a well-established initiative called the Youth Citizens Action Programme (Y-CAP), which is a competition-based programme that encourages learners from primary and secondary schools to identify challenges affecting their schools and communities and come up with solutions.

Post: Director: Legal Services

Salary: An all-inclusive package of R1 057 326 per annum
Centre: Hatfield, Pretoria
Reference Number: 3/1/5/1 – 20/13
Closing Date: 13 March 2020
Enquiries: Ms Z Ngwenya; 012 473 0472

Applications: The Director-General, Government Communications, Private Bag X 745, Pretoria, 0001 or hand deliver to Tshedimosetso House, Corner Frances Baard and Festival streets, Hatfield, Pretoria.

A community of 1 200 families is profiting from two farms they received in 2008, through government’s land redistribution programme.

Secretary of the Selwane Communal Property Association Harry Malatji said they have both a citrus and nature reserve on their farm.

 The 4 010-hectare nature reserve known as Selwane Nature Reserve  started official operations in 2019 and offers eco-tourism, game drives and training for hunting.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said government stands ready, following the completion of the Parliamentary process to amend section 25 of the Constitution, to table an Expropriation Bill that outlines the circumstances under which expropriation of land without compensation would be legal.

Eskom has developed a  maintenance plan which will enable it to perform maintenance on its power plants.

At the end of January, new Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter said Eskom cannot avoid loadshedding, given the state of the power system.

“It is constrained, unreliable, unpredictable and prone to unplanned outages and breakdowns.

Government is working hard to improve South Africa’s energy generation capacity.

“Over the next few months, as Eskom works to restore its operational capabilities, we will be implementing measures that will fundamentally change the trajectory of energy generation in our country,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said.

Sister and brother team Sanele Masilela and Banele Nkosi are looking to inspire a whole new generation of black entrepreneurs, as they chase their own dreams of success.

Masilela (29) is the director of a purified water business in Germiston called Cystil Water, which she started with just R500.

More funds will be pumped into youth programmes. Delivering the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament President Cyril Ramaphosa said government will increase its financial backing for initiatives to increase employment opportunities.