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Over the next few months, communities across the country will experience better service as municipalities work hard to improve their performance.

Sport, arts and culture

For the third consecutive year, government has honoured the country’s sporting heroes. The cream of the crop, as described by Minister of Sport and Recreation Fikile Mbalula, received recognition for their achievements in the past year.

International relations

South Africa has assumed the chair of the largest coalition of developing countries in the United Nations (UN), the Group of 77 (G77).

International relations

It took many by surprise when China became Africa's largest trading partner in 2009, surpassing the United States.

Since then, China’s growing presence in Africa has become a subject of discussion, especially among the foreign press. Everyone, from analysts to politicians and ordinary people on the street, suddenly had a view on the Chinese.

The Small Enterprise Development Agency Jewellery Incubator in Limpopo is helping entrepreneurs in and around Polokwane to realise their potential and create jobs.

Parole offers offenders a second chance to reintegrate into society and become law-abiding citizens.

This is the view of Acting National Commissioner for Correctional Services, Zach Modise.

Realising that her community at Hekpoort in Gauteng was poverty- stricken, Nthabiseng Thupana decided to do something drastic about it.

In 2007 she started the Sekgutlong Project, which farms chickens, sheep and cows.

It all started in 2006, when her curiosity about farming inspired her to do a course in poultry farming.

“I did not have any experience when it came to farming. So I did my research and registered for a course to learn about poultry farming.”