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When Lusani Mugivhi was just nine years old, her parents took her to boarding school where she stayed until she finished matric. Unfortunately, she became a victim of bullying and her parents were too far away to protect her.

She is now 37 years old and an attorney who works as a Senior Legal Counsel and Acting Group Manager at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). However, traumas of being bullied remain fresh in her memory. 

Helping to address South Africa’s energy challenges is the ultimate aim of a nuclear physicist.

Nuclear science and technology is an industry with many opportunities that have the potential to address South Africa’s economic and energy problems.

This is according to Gaopalelwe Santswere, who is a nuclear physicist at the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation SOC Ltd (Necsa).

By voting on 8 May, you will help determine how South Africa is run.

Democracy only works if people actively participate in the process.

This is the message that the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has for first-time voters who are still not sure why they should vote in the National and Provincial Elections on 8 May. 

There are high hopes that a police station in rural Mpumalanga will result in a reduction of crime in the area.

Rose Malaza, a resident of Kamhlushwa in Mpumalanga, is pleased that her community finally has a police station a stone’s throw away.

Land beneficiaries in the Sasolburg area are being provided with the necessary assistance by government to better use their land.

A Free State farmer is set to grow his business after receiving his share of R34 million in equipment from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform.

As with fashion, consumers are always looking for something new when it comes to fresh fruit. Something to excite the palate, something sensational, something like the Agricultural Research Council’s (ARC) six new fruit cultivars!

A school programme that aims to deal with social ills such as poverty and unemployment is doing wonders in communities.

In South Africa, non-profit organisations play a very important role in supporting government’s programmes and goals.

INMED Partnerships for Children is one such  organisation. It ensures that children lead healthier lives.

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.