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CWP making difference in lives of the poor

Over 200 municipalities across the country are implementing the Community Work Programme (CWP) covering 243 sites.

The CWP is a government initiative under the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) aimed at providing an employment safety net and basic minimum income for people living in marginalised areas where, often, employment opportunities are not easily accessible. 

KZN patients get easy access to medication

More than half a million people in KwaZulu-Natal no longer travel long distances or stand in queues to collect their chronic medication.

The Central Chronic Medication Dispensing and Distribution (CCMDD) system, launched by the Department of Health in 2014, is proving to be fruitful in KwaZulu-Natal.

Currently about 504 000 patients are benefiting from the programme which has 558 pick-up points across the province.

The department plans to grow the collection points to 746 by the end of the 2017/18 financial year.

Economic freedom for all

South Africa’s social safety net is among the largest in the world and is a lifeline to thousands of needy beneficiaries. The grant system enables children to learn on a full stomach. It enables the unemployed to gain skills and look for jobs.

As we enter Freedom Month 2017, government’s attention is focused on working with all South Africans to secure economic freedom for all.

Centenary celebration of Oliver Tambo

“Comrades, you might think that it is very difficult to wage a liberation struggle.

Wait until you are in power. I might be dead by then. At that stage, you will realise that it is actually more difficult to keep

the power than to wage a liberation war. People will be expecting a lot of services from you. You will have to satisfy

the various demands of the masses of our people. In the process, be prepared to learn from other people’s

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