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The remains of 74 South Africans, who died when a multi-storey guest house of the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Nigeria collapsed over two months ago, have been returned home.

More than a 100 people, most of them South African, died in the collapse. Since then the South African government has been working with the Nigerian government to bring the remains home.

An 80-member specialist team from the Department of Health, the South African Police Service and the South African Military Health Service, among others worked hard to identify the bodies in Lagos, Nigeria.

While the festive season is a time for fun and excitement, it is also time to be extra careful to ensure that by the end of the holidays you are still in one piece.

It is important to be vigilant on the roads if you are travelling during the holidays and also ensure that your home is well protected. Vuk’uzenzele put together some safety tips for the home and road.

Advice to keep your premises safe include:

Councillors cannot turn you away if you go to them with a complaint. If they cannot deal with your complaint, they should refer you to a relevant department or individual at a provincial or national level who will be able to help you.

It is the festive season and many people will be spending a lot of time outdoors, exposed to the sun.

Spending too much time in the sun without protection can be bad for your skin and can cause wrinkles, age spots and other skin problems as well as increase the risk of skin cancer.

Vuk’uzenzele has compiled advice on how both parents and children can protect themselves while having fun in the sun. Here are some tips:

The festive season is usually the time when people spend too much and start the New Year in debt.

The Department of Environmental Affairs offer the following employment vacancies:

The Department of Social Development offer the following employment vacancies:

The future looks bright for 18-year-old Manala Mandisa Tyodeka a Grade 12 pupil at Christ Church College in Johannesburg.

She is one of beneficiaries of the Department of Military Veterans and Paramount Group’s high-tech skills transfer programme.

Paramount Group is Africa’s largest nongovernment- owned defence and aerospace manufacturer.

As a result of the partnership between the two organisations, Tyodeka who is currently writing her final matric exams, will now have an opportunity to study towards a degree in actuarial science or mathematical science.

The Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP) has made a positive impact in the lives of many young people across the country.

The EPWP targets mostly young people under the age of 35 by giving them jobs to work in various projects in their communities.

According to the Labour Market Dynamics for South Africa 2014 report, seven out of 10 young people who participated in the EPWP and other government job creation programmes were employed, up from 42.8% in 2013 to 56.9% in 2014.

After Simangaliso Khoza saw the difficulty people living in Pienaar, Mpumalanga, would go through to find ice for functions, he decided to do something about it.