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Healthy working relationships, clearly defined roles and open and honest communication are among the reasons why the Ekurhuleni Metro received an unqualified opinion with no findings for the 2013/14 financial year.

It was the only metro in Gauteng and one of only two (the other is Cape Town Metro in the Western Cape) in the country to earn unqualified opinions with no findings.

This was revealed in the municipal audit outcomes for the 2013/14 financial year that Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu released recently.

Sabeth Gamede spent more than 50 years of her life living in a mud house. During rainy seasons, the 54-year-old had to deal with a leaking roof and a flooded house.

On the cusp between winter and spring, August is a time for renewal.

Farmers and gardeners will tell you this is the time when we come out of the depths of the frozen winter and prepare to plant seeds or seedlings that bring beauty to our gardens and countryside, and nutritious crops to our tables in spring and summer.

In the near future children who attend government schools will be able to learn at least one African language.

Preparations are underway for the implementation of the Incremental Introduction of African Languages (IIAL) programme in more than 3 558 schools across all provinces that don’t offer an African language.

By the time Tshediso Mohlala, 25, left high school, he knew that his calling was to be a teacher.

And thanks to the Funza Lushaka bursary programme, Mohlala was able to make his dream a reality.

He is one of thousands of students who have benefited from the bursary programme.

An increasing number of South African women are helping government fight poverty and create jobs through their involvement in farming.

Over the years, government through the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has developed programmes aimed at empowering women in farming. One of these is the Female Entrepreneur Awards formerly known as the Female Farmer Awards.

SANRAL account holders: what you need to know

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What does the new system mean for those with a SANRAL account?

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Following rates will apply:

• Class A1: 18c per km
• Class A2: 30c per km
• Class B: 75c per km
• Class C: 150c per km.

Monthly toll fee caps reduced to:

E-tolling – rather than a fuel levy – is the fairest way to finance the Construction and maintenance of Gauteng’s freeway network

Thato Lebyang, who recently gave birth to a premature baby boy, believes that one of the best ways to keep her son healthy is to breastfeed him.

South Africa has renewed its commitment to having a generation of young people under the age of 20 who are free of HIV.