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Dr Siyabonga Cyprian Cwele is the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, a position he has held since May 2014.

About the Minister

Prior to his current position, he served as Minister of State Security from 11 May 2009 to 25 May 2014, and Minister of Intelligence from 25 September 2008 to 10 May 2009.

International relations

President Jacob Zuma says more emphasis has to be placed on innovation, fair trade and investment as the fundamentals of sustainable and inclusive growth.

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) in collaboration with the Northern Cape Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development will be hosting the 7th Biennial National LandCare Conference at the Mittah Seperepere Convention Centre in Kimberley from the 3 to 6 October 2016 in the Northern Cape province under the theme “Making a LandCare difference towards achieving land degradation neutrality.”

Themba Mthembu (42) is proof that no number of challenges can stand in the way of dreams. It was Mthembu’s dream to work as a mechanical engineer, but poor health forced him to drop out of school in Grade 10. 

Government is investing millions in revitalising industrial parks across the country to breathe new life into communities that have been left out of the mainstream economy.

Transport Month

As a young girl from Umlazi in Kwa-Zulu Natal, Londiwe Phoswa (33) barely knew that maritime jobs existed or that she would one day have a career in the maritime industry.

The Bokamoso Agricultural Innovation Hub is having a positive impact on the community of Manyeledi in North West. The hub, situated in the Kagisano Molopo Local Municipality, is helping young people fight poverty and unemployment.

Hlengiwe Mjiyako, a former risk management specialist, always knew that she would have her own business one day. In 2009, when Mjiyako heard that Greenlands Farm in Winterton was for sale, she didn't think twice about making it her own.

As we approach the most critical period in our annual academic calendar, we are united as South Africans in our hope that learners and students at all levels of our education system will succeed, not just in the classroom or lecture hall – but in life.

Education is the key to dealing with the poverty, unemployment and inequality that continues to affect a sizeable slice of our population.

Government is committed to progressively realise free post-school education for the poor and working class and assisting middle class families.

“This is demonstrated by the creation of the Presidential Commission of inquiry into higher education and training funding, which includes universities, and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges, as well as the substantial increases in funding to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme since 2010,” said Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande during a special briefing recently.