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As South Africa celebrates and reflects on 25 years of freedom this year it’s fitting to also reflect on our nation’s Coat of Arms, which was launched on Freedom Day, on 27 April 2000.

The South African Theatre gives young people who dream of a life on stage or in the wings the chance to take the limelight.

A premier league netball player from Wattville in Gauteng believes that the Netball World Cup to be held in Cape Town in a few years’ time, will open doors for township players.

Your heritage gives you a sense of identity and rootedness – it is essential to building your future, believes a young academic.

If you do not know where you come from, you cannot know where you are going – that is why understanding your culture and heritage is important.

This is according to Thapelo Mokoatsi (29), who is a History PhD candidate at Rhodes University in Makhanda,  Eastern Cape. 

Working on Fire (WOF) is a government-funded job-creation programme that not only helps minimise fires in South Africa but opens doors for youngsters.

Government’s WOF programme is proving to be an good example of how the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) can lay the perfect platform for young people to reach their dreams.

Police officers who provided safety and security during the Presidential Inauguration ceremony received a special thank you from out-going Police Minister Bheki Cele. 

The monumental event took place at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, for the first time.

Scores of South Africans made their presence felt when President Cyril Ramaphosa was being inaugurated on Saturday. 

Minister Cele thanked the officers who were tasked with keeping peace and order at the event whilst also ensuring that all those in attendance were safe. 

Over 2 000 police officers will be deployed in and around the Loftus Versfeld Stadium vicinity for the Presidential Inauguration on Saturday, Police Minister Bheki Cele said.

The Minister revealed this during a media briefing on the security state of readiness, shortly after addressing a police parade to be deployed to the event.

The Youth Employment Service (YES) initiative aims to offer one million unemployed youth paid work experiences over a period of three years.

A brainchild of President Cyril Ramaphosa, the programme aims to prepare young people for employment and provide them with the technical skills needed to underpin the industrialisation of the economy.

YES is also a joint effort by government, labour and business which ensures that South African youth is prepared for employment.

Not all heroes wear capes. There are a number of everyday heroes among us, quietly making a difference in their communities.

One such person is Lelly Mntungwa of uMsinga in KwaZulu-Natal, who started a clothing manufacturing business that has created over 100 jobs for local women and youth.