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An innovative technology introduced in the Eastern Cape has improved access to quality sanitation while saving water.

The Department of Science and Technology has unveiled an off-grid sanitation technology solution called the ‘low pour flush toilet system’, which is already benefiting over 120 households in Ndakana village under Amathole District Municipality.

The system is low maintenance and uses only two litres of water for one flush.

Greater productivity, food security, job creation and a better quality of life for all can only be achieved if South Africa’s natural resources are safeguarded through the cooperation of all sectors of society.

Deputy Director General: Intergovernmental Coordination & Stakeholder Management
Branch: IC & SM
Centre: Pretoria
Salary: All inclusive salary package of R1 299 501 per annum of which 30% may be structured according to the individual’s needs

It is our intention to promote representivity (race, gender and disability) in the Public Service through the filling of these posts and candidates whose transfer / promotion/ appointment will promote representivity will receive preference.

Post: Deputy Director-General: Comprehensive Social Security (Ref: E1/A/2017).
Total Package: R1 299 501 per annum
Centre: HSRC Building, Pretoria.

Residents of Nkanini-Qwabe in Stanger, Ilembe will now be able to participate in the agricultural economy after KZN’s Agriculture and Rural Development MEC Themba Mthembu, together with the Commission for the Restitution of Land Rights, officially handed over title deeds worth R140 million to the community.

The Nkanini community was dispossessed of their land rights in 1971.

The department also launched the Qwabe-Nkanini Sugarcane Project, which received about R16 million in funding for ratoon management and infrastructure development.

As part of developing a functional school system and ensuring that children have access to quality education, the Eastern Cape Department of Education has called on former officials to help revive education in the province.

The Eastern Cape Department of Education has called on 150 retired departmental officials to help uplift 560 disadvantaged schools in the province.

The retired officials will mentor these schools with their knowledge and experience, especially when dealing with the high number of Grade 12 enrolments.

Government funding is giving farmers in the Eastern Cape a boost.

Eastern Cape farmers are now participants in the agro-processing value chain, thanks to government funding. 

In March this year, Eastern Cape Rural Development and Agrarian Reform MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane introduced branded maize products produced by six Mqanduli farming cooperatives to the local retail sector.

For the first time the farmers were able to sell their super maize meal and samp at a retail supermarket in King Williams Town. Their product is available in 10.5kg, 12.5kg and 40kg packs.

After running a furniture business for more than 20 years, Timothy Nhlengethwa almost gave up on his passion when his business was no longer making a profit.

While attending Comprehensive Rural Development Programme meetings in Mkhondo where he sits as the chairperson of the local cooperatives, Nhlengethwa heard about assistance offered by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform to rural enterprises that could help his business.  

He made enquiries and eventually submitted his request on behalf of One-goal Multiservice which was approved in 2014.

South Africa needs to get the foundation of education right if it is to realise the goals set out in the National Development Plan (NDP).

It is for this reason that the Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme is one of the priorities of government, says Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini.

She said government especially acknowledges and understands the importance of a child's first
1 000 days.