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Welcome back to Vuk’uzenzele, and welcome to 2016 as a year of people’s power – a year in which millions of South Africans will once again exercise their fundamental democratic right to choose local government leadership.

Cabinet has approved the commencement of the dual-illumination period for the digital broadcasting signal in South Africa on 1 February 2016.

This will see both the digital and the analogue signal being broadcast in South Africa until most South Africans have been reached and have access to set-top boxes.

Learners who finished matric in 2015 and were not able to get into universities need not spend a year without going to school. 

Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande announced that there were approximately 517 402 opportunities available in the post-school system.

Melissa van Wyk* is a 35-year-old high school teacher from Port Elizabeth who relied on daily walks and a good diet to keep healthy.

School infrastructure

The Japie Greyling Primary School in Vereeniging has been refurbished as part of the '94+ Projects for Madiba' initiative which was launched in April last year.

The school, unveiled by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga last year has been equipped with ramps and toilet facilities for children in wheelchairs.

Applications    :    The Director General, Department of Social Development, Private Bag X901, Pretoria, 0001, Physical Address: HSRC Building, 134 Pretorius Street

For Attention    :    Ms E de Waal

Closing Date    :    18 December 2015

As the country grapples with the drought challenge, the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) government has put plans in place to minimise the impact of the drought on its citizens, especially the farmers.

Local government

From early next year, commuters in Ekurhuleni will move around in new state-of-the-art buses.

The new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) known as Harambee is expected to carry more than three million citizens from across nine towns of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan and to change the face of public transport and infrastructure in the region.

Harambee is a Swahili word meaning “pulling or working together in unity”.

South Africa has for many years managed to keep a firm grip on fighting malaria infections in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu Natal (KZN) and Limpopo where the disease is most prevalent.