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Locals are set to benefit from a new containment facility in the Eastern Cape.

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies launched Aspen’s R1 billion high containment facility which will create over 500 jobs in Port Elizabeth.

The facility was established as a result of partnership between the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) and Aspen.

The Directorate of Priority Crimes, also known as the HAWKS, has warned South Africans to be aware of human traffickers, especially near the borders of neighbouring countries.

Mpumalanga is on the border of Swaziland and Mozambique which is creating a challenge for law enforcement.

The South African Police Service rolled out plans to strengthen its approach to crowd management.

As part of efforts to boost order and safety National Police Commissioner General Khehla Sitole recently launched Public Order Policing (POP) reserve units.

The units will empower police to be able to deal with crowd management and violent community protests in the country. Through the POP units there will be improved reaction time to hotpots.

Consumers need to make sure that the money lending institution that they are dealing with is above board.

Acquiring a loan is easy but managing your debt and ensuring that you have a good credit record is much harder, especially with the increase in the number of dishonest money lenders known as loan sharks.

Sport, Arts & Culture

For decades the apartheid government sought to suppress the hopes, yearnings and aspirations of the majority of South Africans. The historic struggle to win freedom from colonialism, apartheid, racism and oppression culminated in a new vision in 1994. 

The old saying ‘sink or swim’ is a thing of the past for youngsters enrolled in a free swimming programme.

Snakho Nene (7) a talented swimmer from uMlazi hopes to one day represent South Africa at the Olympic Games thanks to the eThekwini Municipality’s Save-A-Life Programme which encourages swimming.

“When I grow up I want to be a professional swimmer,” she said, bursting with enthusiasm.

Nene who attends Ntwela Primary School enjoyed the programme because it taught her how to swim and what to do if there is an emergency in the water.

Local Government

The opening of the Swartberg Pass will have far-reaching economic benefits for the region.

The R10 million reconstruction of the Western Cape’s Swartberg Pass following a flash flood is complete and the road has been re-opened.

FROM THE UNION BUILDINGS

There’s an old African proverb that says “If you want to go fast, go alone but if you want to go far, go together.

As South Africans we need to go far together by growing our economy and creating jobs. One of the best ways to do this is by attracting investment into our country.

The Africa’s Tourism Indaba has brought some much-needed business to local vendors.

Street vendor Solani Mtshali will be sad to see Africa’s Tourism Indaba come to an end because her beads business has been booming ever since the conference began.

The National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme is boosting health services and infrastructure in KwaZulu-Natal. Through the scheme more people in the province are accessing health care initiatives than before.

KZN Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo has been conducting awareness roadshows about the NHI in the province, and visited UMzinyathi district earlier this week. These roadshows aim to educate communities on government’s plans to improve access to health treatment.