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The 66 megawatt solar photovoltaic plant (PV) project site in Lephalale, Limpopo, will go a long way in  boosting the country’s efforts to resolve the energy challenge.

Communications Minister Faith Muthambi visited the project situated about 5km east from South Africa’s border with Botswana, recently. The project is one of many highlighted by President Jacob Zuma in the Nine-Point Plan, which seeks to ignite growth and create jobs by focusing on resolving the energy challenge.

Working together with parents of learners to improve education, increasing the number of tourists visiting the province, upgrading provincial roads and supporting struggling municipalities are top of the agenda for the Eastern Cape government.

State of the Province Address

The Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone (RBIDZ) remains an engine for job creation and a catalyst for foreign direct investment in KwaZulu-Natal.

State of the Province Address

The North West Provincial Government will continue to rebrand, reposition and renew the province based on five pillars.

State of the Province Address

Gauteng Premier David Makhura used the State of the Province Address to not only take stock of the progress that the province has made, but to also announce bold plans that aim to grow the economy and create jobs in the province.

The Free State provincial government will be building five agri-processing centres to help grow the provincial economy and create jobs.

“Working with the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, we identified five sites for the development of agro-processing centres.

State of the Province Address

Limpopo Premier Stan Mathabatha highlighted the progress that the province has made in changing lives in the province. These include creating jobs despite economic challenges, improving road infrastructure and ensuring quality health services in the province. 

The Northern Cape plans to increase efforts to empower young people in the province.

Government’s Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) continues to make steady progress in creating work opportunities and is on course to meet its five-year target.

This is according to Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini, who briefed the media as chair of the Social Protection, Community and Human Development Cluster recently.

Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says government has invested hundreds of millions of rands towards drought relief efforts.

Speaking during a Social Protection, Community and Human Development Cluster briefing recently, the Minister said the Department of Water and Sanitation had invested more than R450 million to intensify drought relief efforts.