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Government heeds Eersterust’s call
Government is serious about hitting the ground running when it comes to helping communities that reach out for help and the Eersterust community, east of Pretoria, is no exception.
Airport breathes life into EC economy
The revamped Mthatha Airport, which boasts a new R700 million terminal building and runway, is set to change the face of the region’s economy and create a number of jobs.
Land brings opportunities for Nodunga community
Aaron Zulu (58) never thought the day would come when he would return to the land of his birth after the apartheid system forced him and his family to leave his home.
Mobile office makes land claims easy
A mobile land restitution office will be travelling around KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and the Eastern Cape to make the process of lodging a land claim easier.
The mobile office, a bus, forms part of government’s Land Restitution Programme.
The land claims process enables people who were forcibly removed from their land under apartheid to lodge land claims.
KZN only has two lodgement offices, in Pietermaritzburg and Vryheid, and the mobile office will enable people to lodge their claims closer to their homes.
South Africa is moving forward
The constantly changing skylines of our country’s major urban centres and the bustle of development in suburban areas tell the story of South Africa moving forward.
Home Affairs improves services for all
From January 2016, parents who register the birth of their children after 30 days will have to prove to the Department of Home Affairs that they are really South African citizens.
Communities get a lift
The need to see the community uplifted led young professional Yolanda Madyira, 27, to become part of the Jessica Fortuin Fellowship (JFF), a two-year programme that promotes
community development.
Every two years, 33 youth are selected for the programme, which teaches them how to establish and run sustainable civil society organisations that play an active role in developing communities.
They also learn how to run income-generating initiatives that benefit their communities and themselves.
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