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Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises Bulelani Magwanishe says State-Owned Companies (SOCs) have contributed to government’s agenda of tackling skills shortages by providing training to thousands of new trainees.

Teaching and learning can be all the more fun and exciting with the right technology and information at your fingertips.

Thousands of Accounting learners in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) stand to benefit from a three-year partnership between the provincial Department of Education and the private company, Risk and Reward.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) – coupled with scholar transport – will remain a government priority as it has improved the lives of learners from poor households.

In South Africa, the month of June – when we observe Youth Month – is often a time when commentators and analysts emerge from all sorts of places to suggest that South Africa’s young people face a bleak future; that unemployment, HIV and crime dominate young people’s lives and that government or our society has little to offer to overcome these challenges.

Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel has called on aspiring entrepreneurs to take advantage of the R23 billion that has been set aside over the next five years to fund “new players”.

In 2009 the United Nations General Assembly declared Madiba’s birthday on 18 July as Nelson Mandela International Day.

More and more municipalities are managing their finances better, which is translating into better service delivery for communities.

Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu recently announced a comprehensive report on audits that were done on municipalities and municipal entities for the financial year 2013/14.

The report showed that the number of municipalities that improved their submission of financial statements had increased notably across several provinces.

Celebrating Madiba

Every year on 18 July – Nelson Mandela’s birthday – South Africa and the rest of the world join hands to celebrate International Mandela Day.