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Infrastructure development,  strengthening the economy and the revitalisation of agriculture are priorities for the province.

Infrastructure development was one of the key things highlighted by Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza during his recent State of the Province Address.

“During this period of our electoral mandate, we have finished the reconstruction of 16 road projects, totalling 284 km, including the coal haulage grid.

The province is growing its economy and connection communities

The Western Cape tourism sector continues to grow. International arrivals are up by almost 16 percent and 10 million passengers made their way through Cape Town International Airport last year.

This was revealed by Western Cape Premier Helen Zille during her State of the Province Address.

Limpopo wants to continue to improve school infrastructure, grow the economy and transform the health sector.

Limpopo’s Premier Stan Mathabatha said in his recent State of the Province Address that there are over 100 children in Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres in the province, thanks to government’s turnaround strategy.

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The Department of Military Veterans is contributing towards skills development by providing opportunities to unemployed graduates to gain work experience in various skills areas. It is therefore inviting applications for Internship Programme that will run for a 12 months contract period.

The internship programme is aimed at enhancing the employability of qualified unemployed graduates aged between 18 and 35 years.

Highlights of the State of the Nation Address

The R1 billion investment in a state-of-the-art High Court in Limpopo will go a long way to help communities to access justice.

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD) has opened Limpopo’s first state-of-the-art High Court.

Previously, residents would have to travel as far as Pretoria to get legal assistance.

Highlights of the State of the Nation Address

Only eight million hectares (ha) of arable land have been transferred to black people, which is only 9.8 percent of the 82 million ha of arable land in South Africa.

There has also been a 19 percent decline in households involved in agriculture from 2.9 million in 2011 to 2.3 million households in 2016.

President Jacob Zuma says tourism is a key job driver with tourist arrival numbers for 2016 increasing to nine million.

“We are thus pleased that our tourist arrival numbers for the period January to November 2016 increased to nine million, an increase of just over one million arrivals from 2015,” the President said during his State of the Nation Address.

This represents a 13 percent growth in tourist arrivals, the President said.

With President Jacob Zuma making bold announcements on radical economic transformation in his State of the Nation Address, Ministers believe the interventions are a call to action for government to make the economy inclusive.