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Expect a knock on your door from Statistics South Africa’s fieldworkers as they gather information ahead of Census 2021.

Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke is encouraging communities to participate in Statistics South Africa’s (Stats SA) Census 2021 Mini Test, to ensure that quality data for evidence-based policy-making is collected.

The Mini Test runs from 9 October to 6 November in selected areas around the country.

An Ekurhuleni woman is pioneering a path for future avionics engineers to reach for the skies through a career in non-destructive testing inspection

Lefentse Phokwane (31) is the first and only woman to be appointed as an aircraft maintenance engineer specialising in non-destructive testing inspection at South African Airways (SAA) Technical.

SAA Technical is responsible for full-service maintenance, repair and overhaul of the airline’s aircraft.

The South African government is responsible for ensuring that it eradicates poverty.

To achieve this vision the government has several programmes, such as the social grants used to look after those who are disadvantaged.

Social grants are state issued financial support administered by the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA). They are paid via the Post Office and registered financial institutions, such as banks.

 An award-winning forester is set on growing the industry in his small town of Stutterheim in the Eastern Cape.

Mampe Mmeregi (60), the owner of Temaretha Agriculture Training School and Temaretha Piggery Farm in Gauteng, has trained several farmers in her community.

Tebogo Moleha (22) and Thabang Modise (23) are mechatronics engineers who believe that more artisan skills are needed to create jobs and position South Africa to better capitalise on the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Mechatronics is the combination of electrical and mechanical engineering and information technology.

St Barnabas College and UJ Metropolitan Academy, both specialising in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), will enable 197 Grade 8 pupils to learn various ICT skills, such as robotics and coding.

The birth of a child should be a time of joy and excitement. But the reality is some mothers experience depression during pregnancy or after givinbirth.

This is according to Lauren Shapiro a freelance journalist from Durban who experienced the condition called perinatal depression.

She said this mental illness can strike mothers during or after pregnancy, and can last for a year or longer.

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A women’s soccer team from the Northern Cape has made its way to the National Women’s League.