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Football safe hub for Alex youth
Sport, arts and culture
Youngsters living in the north of Johannesburg are expected to benefit from a newly-opened hub in the area.
The South African Football Association Development Agency (SAFADA), in partnership with Total Sports, has opened a safe hub for young people in Alexandra.
Africa must give youth more opportunities
Africa news
Africa must do more to harness the power of its 200 million youth who fall between the ages of 15 and 24, said former African Union (AU) commissioner Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
New chair for the AU Commission
Africa news
Chad's Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat has been elected the new Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission.
EC village gets low flush toilets
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.
Multi-party approach to LandCare
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.
Jobs: Government Communication and Information System
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
Jobs: Department of Social Development
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.
Claimants run winning agri-project
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.