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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:

The lives of learners with an intellectual disability from Hope and Grace Lsen Special School in Limpopo will change for the better.

This was after the MTN SA foundation donated a computer laboratory, which caters for learners with an intellectual disability. The Deputy Minister of Social Development Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu facilitated the donation. The MTN foundation donated a fully refurbished classroom, which was turned into a computer lab along with 20 computers to the school.

After years of living in a shack and renting back rooms in people’s yards, Martha Radebe now has a solid roof over her head and is the proud owner of her own home.

Government is committed to providing quality, accessible, affordable, and diverse post-school education and will ensure that academically capable and financially needy South Africans are not left behind.

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) in partnership with the Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), are offering a fully-funded postgraduate scholarship to the People’s Republic of China.

The aim of the scholarship is to address the shortage of critical skills by inviting applications from eligible individuals in the Professional Masters Program who wish to further their studies and pursue careers in Fishery Science to apply for this 2017 DAFF-China Scholarship programme.

SASSA is a dynamic organisation that provides a range of essential services to a diverse group of South Africans. With offices countrywide, our operational structures aspire to embrace all that is state-of-the-art, offices that are modern and an environment designed to stimulate the worker to achieve, enjoy, progress and prosper.

Assistant Manager: Expenditure Administration

SASSA is a dynamic organisation that provides a range of essential services to a diverse group of South Africans. With offices countrywide, our operational structures aspire to
embrace all that is state-of-the-art, offices that are modern and an environment designed to stimulate the worker to achieve, enjoy, progress and prosper.

Julia Thandeka Shungube (39) is doing her bit to uplift her corner of rural South Africa, thanks to receiving a helping hand from government and her can-do attitude.

Five community-based cooperatives that plant sugar cane in the area of Qoloqolo in the Umzumbe Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), will have a sweet sugar cane harvest this year. This comes after MEC for KZN Agriculture and Rural Development (KZNDARD) Cyril Xaba officially launched a R14 million sugar cane project in partnership with the South African Sugar Association (SASA).

The Department of Correctional Services in Gauteng has introduced an innovative way to prevent troubled learners from becoming criminals.