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Government is helping small businesses tap into the many procurement opportunities available to them from the State and its entities as well as big business.

Innovation and empathy for her patients has resulted in an oncologist in the Eastern Cape bringing treatment closer for cancer sufferers.

A need to help the poor led to the opening of the first oncology ward in Mthatha, Eastern Cape.

She was recently appointed as the CEO of the Finance and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Fasset), which is one of the 21 SETAs that were established in terms of the Skills Development Act to cover all sectors in South Africa, including government. 

Fasset is mainly responsible for skills development in the finance and accountancy services sector.

Residents of Hammanskraal in the north of Pretoria say the new state-of-the-art clinic that recently opened in their community will help to address their health challenges.

Kekana Gardens Clinic was officially opened by Gauteng Premier David Makhura.

The state-of-the-art health facility cost the provincial government about R7.2 million to build and its construction took just over two years. 

Thanks to an innovative programme that sees chronic medication being dispensed at community points closer to homes, the elderly no longer spend long, painful hours in queues at clinics and hospitals.

The provision of money to pay for historical debt is a welcome relief for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) funded university students. The Department of Higher Education and Training has allocated R967 million for the payment of fees for students owing ‘historical debt’.

Religious organisations can play a vital role in developing the communities of South Africa.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on government and its social partners to strengthen their working relationship to address backlogs in the provision of school and health infrastructure.

The year 2019 is a very special time for South Africa. It is the year in which we reflect on the journey of the last 25 years since the attainment of our hard-won freedom and democracy.

We will remember the relief and exhilaration of the day of our freedom, the historic and defining moment at which we became a country at peace with itself and the world.

With skilful hands and creative ideas, members of a KZN cooperative are creating marketable crafts that supplement their income and making a success of it despite their disabilities.

group of people living with disabilities in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands are succeeding as entrepreneurs.