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Learners from Thekwane South, Mpumalanga, no longer have to travel long distances to access educations. For years learners did not have a school in their area and had to attend schools in neighbouring areas. Learners now have access to a brand new school, the Portia Shabangu Secondary School.

A group of women from Heideveld in Cape Town are playing their part in ensuring that the City's roads are safe. They are part of a City of Cape Town programme, known as Women at Work, which seeks to close the gender gap.

A multi-million Rand Cluster Maize and Bean Project in KwaZondi, in Nkandla, north of KwaZulu-Natal, is set to help residents participate in the agricultural economy.

People who live in the rural parts of the Eastern Cape will no longer have to struggle to access health services.

The Middledrift Community Health Centre (CHC) in the Eastern Cape has received a R3 million upgrade, donated by the Aids Health Foundation (AHF).

A growing number of companies are showing confidence in South Africa by investing billions of rands into the country.

The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) provincial government has handed over more than 400 housing units to previously disadvantaged households from Sithembile Township in Glencoe north of KZN.

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Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has announced that government will rollout major human settlements projects, worth over R300 billion, over the next five years.

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Of all the learners that passed matric last year, just over 60 percent were recipients of social grants – a sign that government’s social security net is having a positive impact on vulnerable groups.

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International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says South Africa is aiming to boost trade with African states by half a trillion Rand by 2019.