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As the global and local economy faces challenging times, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has cautioned South Africans to tighten their belts and work together.

The third phase of the District Six redevelopment project – where about 108 flats and houses are being built - is currently underway.

Although it is small in size, South Africa’s textile industry has played a key role in creating jobs and contributing to growing the economy.

Sport, arts and culture

MEC for Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation (SACR) Faith Mazibuko has reassured artists that the Gauteng Provincial Government is committed to working with communities to support the arts industry.

The visitor registers at the Union Buildings and Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria – and government premises across our country – tell an important story about our country’s present and its future.

These registers bear the evidence of how government is reaching out to various sectors of our economy and society – or at the very least responding to meeting requests from such sectors – as, together, we move South Africa forward.

Local Government

The days of street flooding, poor sanitation and potholes on roads in Missionvale, Port Elizabeth, will soon be a thing of the past. About 2 500 homes in the area will be connected with sanitation and water services by the end of April.

From studying in a shack, with holes and no electricity, in the dusty streets of Braandvlei on the outskirts of Randfontein (West of Johannesburg) to obtaining two distinctions in Grade 12, Sithelosethu Sigwela is on his way to living his dream and changing his life.

South Africans have been encouraged to register to vote in the upcoming local government elections.

The first registration weekend will be on 5 and 6 March. President Jacob Zuma announced during the State of the Nation Address, in Parliament, that the local government elections will be held within three months after 18 May, the date of the last local government elections.

“We urge the youth, in particular those who are turning 18 this year, to register in their numbers for this first ever opportunity to cast their votes,” said President Zuma.