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The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has urged social grant beneficiaries to make other arrangements with financial service providers to pay their premiums.

This follows the amendments of the regulations of the Social Assistance Act of 2004, where some social grant beneficiaries will have to make other arrangements regarding the payment of funeral insurance premiums.

Government has given South African small businesses and cooperatives a lifeline. 

This after government announced that it has set aside 30 percent of its procurement spend for services from small businesses, and cooperatives.

Derek Hanekom is the Minister of Tourism in South Africa. He has held the position since May 2014. 

About the Minister

Minister Derek Hanekom was born in Cape Town on 13 January 1953. He did his schooling in Cape Town and matriculated from Jan van Riebeeck Secondary School in 1970. 

Cabinet has made a key decision to put in more resources into municipal infrastructure, especially for maintenance, says Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe.

The spirit of Ubuntu is alive and well in the community of Mafora in Bloemfontein.

When the people of Mafora township, Bloemfontein, saw what an unsettling number of struggling elderly people and orphans lived in their community, they came up with Ikaheng Project in 2014.

Jobs, jobs and more jobs: this is the key focus – call it obsession – of government as we find ourselves halfway through the five-year political term that began in 2014.

If you have not been to the dentist lately, you may need to consider making an appointment soon.

Good dental hygiene is important to improve your overall health and wellbeing.

September is National Oral Health Month and Vuk’uzenzele has put together some tips to help you on your way to good oral hygiene.

South Africans should draw strength from their diversity and use Freedom Park as a place to build social cohesion and focus on an inclusive future.

This is the view of Freedom Park CEO Jane Mufamadi who spoke to Vuk’uzenzele about the importance of celebrating heritage.

In celebration of South Africa’s rich cultural diversity and its people, the country will mark Heritage Day on 24 September.

Heritage Day gives us an opportunity to learn about each other’s cultures and celebrate our differences.

Elderly people with mental disorders will now receive specialised care with the opening of the new Geriatric Psychiatry Care Unit situated at the Witrand Hospital in the North West.