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Mediators to ease court roll

The new Court Mediation Rules will help resolve disputes faster and settle matters out of court.

Mediation is a process whereby a mediator helps affected parties, in actual or potential legal action, to resolve a dispute between them. This is an alternative to having a dispute resolved in a court of law.

Building the soul of our nation

In the course of my duty to the nation, I am very privileged to see just about every corner of our beautiful country.

My visits to communities all over South Africa always create mixed feelings.

There are places where the scars of apartheid still run deep – in the form of children in rural villages walking long distances to school, or the ravages of alcohol abuse among farm workers in some areas.

Back to Basics: government and citizens in partnership

It is hard to believe that it is nearly six months since, as a nation and as individuals, we were all preparing to cast our votes in the fifth general election of our democratic era.

I recall how special and meaningful it was for me as a citizen and President of the Republic to make my own cross on the ballot paper at the Ntolwane Primary School in KwaNxamalala, Nkandla.

Making success of chicken

When David Mphuti dropped out of university, his dreams of becoming a mechanical engineer went up in smoke. Life was tough for Mphuti without a qualification and no prospects of a job.

Mphuti had to go back home to do what he believes he was destined to do, farming. With help of the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) he runs a successful chicken feed manufacturing farm and supplies many small chicken broilers in and around Welkom.

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