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Farmers in the Free State are to benefit from a new Farmer Production Support Unit (FPSU) which was recently launched by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR).

The winner of the Gauteng Young Farmer’s Award 2018/2019 is one of the latest beneficiaries of a government-run programme to help developing farmers establish Nguni cattle herds.

A  young award-winning farmer who is making her mark in the agriculture sector now aspires to be the next big Nguni cattle producer in South Africa.

Deputy Director: Business Development

Centre: Supported Employment Enterprises, Silverton
Reference No: HR 4/19/05/01
All inclusive: R 733 257 per annum 
Enquiries: Ms. K Mongane, Tel: (012) 843 7300 Head office Chief Director: Human Resources Management: Private Bag X 117, Pretoria, 0001  

Principal Inspector: Employment Equity

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A drug cocktail called nyaope, whoonga or wunga is destroying the lives of many young people in South Africa.

Addiction to nyaope is on the rise and has debilitating side effects on the health of users.

Nyaope, which has heroin as its main component, is a street level drug that is often mixed with antiretrovirals‚ tik‚ cocaine and cannabis.

June is National Blood Donor Month, which means that every adult South African with healthy blood should consider joining this worthy cause.

Did you know that one blood donation can save up to three lives? The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) is always in desperate need of blood donors.

Designing clothes for her dolls as a little girl inspired Eulenda Sambo (33) to become a fashion designer, and now she gets to dress people instead of toys.

Growing up in Daantjie in Mpumalanga, Sambo used to watch her mother sew curtains at home. One day, her parents bought a toy sewing machine for her, which functioned similarly to a real machine.

In 2012, Mike Maziya, the co-owner of manufacturing company Verigreen, noticed a woman carrying a bundle of plastic waste on her head. When he asked what she was doing, the woman said that she was unemployed and was selling plastic to recycling plants in order to earn a income.

Mike’s wife, Thina, was touched by this story of hardship and believed that there was an opportunity to uplift such women and help them earn better incomes.

A community-based care programme is giving hands-on support to vulnerable children and youth in a flexible, real-time manner.

The Department of Social Development has in the past five years managed to reach over one million children and youth through a community-based care and early intervention service called Isibindi.