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With just one month left till the closing date, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is urging South Africans who wish to study in 2019 to apply for bursaries.

Applications for funding to study at accredited tertiary institutions opened in September and will close at the end of November.

NSFAS has a duty to ensure that young people from disadvantaged backgrounds  access higher education or further their studies despite their financial backgrounds, giving them the same chance to be educated as those who are able to afford tertiary education.

Principal Psychologist

Centre: Provincial Office: Free State
Reference No: HR 4/4/8/208
Salary: Commencing: R 974 634.00 (OSD)
Enquiries: Ms. E Maneli, Tel: (051) 505 6350
Provincial Office: Chief Director: Provincial Operations: P O Box 522, Bloemfontein, 9300

Principal Inspector: Employer Audit

Master

Post: Chief Director: Communication Service Agency

Salary: An all-inclusive salary package of R1 189 338 per annum of which 30% may be structured according to the individual’s needs.

Centre: Pretoria

Reference Number: 3/1/5-18/32

Closing Date: 9 November 2018

Lubabalo Kondlo has done South Africa and the continent proud by becoming the World Draughts Champion.

Thuma Mina Express Services is changing the life of Thabang Dlamini.

Prior to starting the business, Dlamini was unemployed but had the idea to start a business that would make life easier for his community.

Established almost three years ago, Thuma Mina is based in Tsakane, which is part of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.

Its core service is to run errands and make small deliveries around the township with a bicycle.

Dlamini said being unemployed pushed him to think out of the box and consider the idea of starting his own business.

Exporting to China can be an uphill battle for many small and medium-size businesses, but for KwaZulu-Natal businessman Xolani Ntuli it is a winnable battle with the right partners at his side.

Ntuli (40) owns XKG, a timber and logistics company that recently secured a contract to supply timber to a furniture manufacturing company in China.

After realising that people often feel more at ease to talk about painful situations in a non-face-to-face setting, the Department of Social Development opened a Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Command Centre.

The command centre opened its doors in November 2013 and operates 24 hours a day and operational all year long  helping  those who are affected by gender-based violence.

A  burning desire to do more to uplift her community led Lelly Mntungwa to resign as a retail store manager and start her own clothing manufacturing business.

The 38-year-old from Msinga in KwaZulu-Natal says she saw a gap in the market when a leading retailer closed down.

In an effort to reduce the unemployment rate and poverty in the area, she grabbed the opportunity to empower the Msinga community through job creation and skills capacitation.