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I am sure that over the past few months you have heard government leaders, including myself, as well as business leaders and innovative entrepreneurs talk about the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).

Yet there are many South Africans who wonder what 4IR is and how it will impact on their lives.  

Broadly speaking, 4IR speaks to the changes that are taking place in technology.

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has called on the nation to embrace President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address task list, so that we can become a better South Africa.

During his recent Budget Speech in Parliament, Minister Mboweni assured South Africans that the country is on a bold new path and spoke about what government plans to do for the nation and its citizens.

Farmers in the Joe Gqabi District in the Eastern Cape have welcomed the provincial government’s efforts to help them deal with the effects of the recent drought through the feedlots programme.

A feedlot is a type of animal feeding operation which is used in intensive animal farming for livestock prior to slaughter.

Nosipho Mkhupheka is a public servant who has set tongues wagging – for all the right reasons.

The unassuming Department of Home Affairs official has earned the praise of many South Africans, and even that of the Minister, after news of her work ethic made its way to Facebook.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is the watchdog of elected officials. It ensures that they do their job so that South Africa does not go back to the state it was in during apartheid.

“Basically, we are the watchdog of how our country meets its human rights obligations in terms of the Constitution, Bill of Rights and international instruments. At the same time we also advise government on how best to meet its own human rights obligations at national, regional and international level,” said SAHRC Chief Executive Officer Advocate Tseliso Thipanyane.

Gauteng is on a mission to provide quality educational facilities in areas that were previously underserviced. The recent school to be built in Soweto cost R57 million.

Top matric results are the goal of Protea Glen Secondary School principal Linda Molefe.

New-born dumped in bin. Baby abandoned in public restroom. Day-old baby rescued from pit. Too often, stories like these make the headlines.

They leave the country reeling and the mother at risk of being jailed. No matter how desperate the situation, safe and legal alternatives exist for women for are unable to keep their infant.

The Department of Social Development works with a number of vetted temporary safe care facilities for the immediate placement of abandoned or unwanted babies.

A public and private sector partnership is developing the baking skills of Tembisa pupils.

Pupils from Masisebenze High School in Tembisa Gauteng are being taught how to make confectionery treats, thanks to a partnership with Chipkins Puratos Bakery School SA.

Twenty-five pupils are participating in the four-step training programme that will teach them how to bake cakes, bread, biscuits and scones, among other things.

Becoming a Proudly South African member company will increase your market access.

Buying locally manufactured products helps to sustain and create jobs for South African citizens.

This is according to the chief executive officer of Proudly South African, Eustace Mashimbye.

Proudly SA is the country’s official buy local advocacy campaign and has a mandate to drive the buy local message.

Its largest funder is the Department of Trade and Industry and this partially makes it an agency of the department. It has been around since 2001.