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State of the Nation Address

In line with the Fourth Industrial Revolution South African schools will be equipped with technological devices.

South Africa’s education system is to go through a radical overhaul in order to adapt to the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Government wants to put an end to the scourge of women and chlid abuse.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced bold steps to intensify the fight against gender-based violence.

The president used his second State of the Nation Address to unpack coordinated interventions including increasing financial backing to initiatives that support survivors of gender-based violence.

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Government will be giving entrepreneurs a boost which also opens a gap for job creation.  

President Cyril Ramaphosa says government will this year focus on expanding the small business incubation programme.

A young designer with a passion for fashion has carved a place for herself in the relatively closed garment market. 

After studying abroad for close to 10 years, Chaz Ngaka (36) started a clothing business in Johannesburg that has created hundreds of jobs. 

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Government wants more South Africans to participate in the country’s economy.

Speaking during the State of the Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa noted that the structure of South Africa’s economy was designed to keep assets in a few hands.

“This has stifled growth and enterprise and has to a large extent kept many young South African entrepreneurs and small enterprises out of the economy or confined them to the margins,” he added.

The Human Development Agency is expected to build about 500 000 houses in the next five years as a way of responding to the country’s human settlement issue.

Government is stepping up efforts to ensure that it provides housing to people in well-located areas, where they have access to both economic opportunities and the services they need.

South Africans will go to the polls for the sixth general elections on May 8.

The date was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa during his State of the Nation Address (SONA).

“This is an opportunity for our people to exercise their hard-won right to determine the direction of this country,” the President said in a joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament.

Peer pressure and the struggles of being unemployed are some of the things that could lead a person into a life of crime – and also land them behind bars.

Vuk’uzenzele spoke to Legal Aid South Africa’s national legal manager Dick Khubana to shed light on the sentencing of different crimes.

PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA has vowed to get even tougher on corruption and to recover assets that have been illegally acquired.

An investigative directorate – tasked specifically with probing corruption and associated offences – is on the cards for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).

President Cyril Ramaphosa made this announcement during his second State of the Nation Address.