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The life of Nonjabulo Khumalo (36) and her six siblings will never be the same after her home was connected to the electricity grid for the first time. Khumalo, who lives in Nhlazatshe in Ulundi, north of KwaZulu-Natal, was one of 600 households to receive electricity.

The second stanza of our National Anthem opens with the words “Morena boloka sechaba sa heso (Lord, we ask you to protect our nation), which are particularly meaningful as we observe Youth Month 2016 this June.

One of the biggest challenges that compounds the burden of disease in the country is running out of drugs – a phenomenon called drug-stock-outs.

The Department of Health has been battling with this problem for some time now.

Government has now implemented a stock visibility system known as SVS in primary healthcare clinics.

South Africans will soon experience even better interaction with government.

Government has announced more plans that are aimed at increasing the fight against HIV and Aids.

The plans are in addition to the HIV and Aids programme that government is already implementing.

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South Africans are reaping the rewards of government’s massive investment in infrastructure through new schools, access to water, electricity connections and jobs, among others.

New mobile police stations and specialised units will be introduced in the year ahead, helping to increase police visibility and ridding communities of crime. This is just one of the means through which the South Africa Police Service (SAPS) will fight crime that was outlined recently in the Police Ministry’s Budget Vote.

Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko said the SAPS has been allocated a budget of R80.8 billion for the 2016/17 financial year. The spending focus the medium-term will include: