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When Rita Naidoo’s greatest nightmare became a reality, she didn’t let it get her down. Instead, her life has never been better. Nine years after being diagnosed with cancer, she understands how blessed she is to be alive.

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide and affects one in 29 women in South Africa. But it does not have to be a death sentence especially if it is detected and treated in time.

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Census 2011 will be conducted from 10 to 31 October 2011. About 192 000 fieldworkers with questionnaires will be visiting homes throughout the country.

Poor people in 30 municipalities throughout the country are putting food on their tables by reducing waste in their communities. Government’s Food for Waste Programme helps municipalities to provide waste collection services, while creating jobs and fighting hunger and poverty.

Ms Joyce Tshabalala (49) is a mother of two who's got a hungry boiler to feed. An employee of the Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development, she grasped the opportunity to be an assistant boiler operator for Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in 2002.

Limpopo's economy is showing major signs of improvement thanks to a number of initiatives to fight unemployment.

Killing wild animals such as lions for preying on domestic livestock in the deep rural village of Muyexe outside Giyani in Limpopo is a thing of the past.