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Nonceba Lubenga, 87, could not contain her excitement or find words to express her gratitude when she was named one of the first beneficiaries of the government campaign to build over 5 000 houses for military veterans.

Lubenga, who was one of the first three military veterans identified on the Gauteng database, said she was happy that government has decided to honour their contribution to the country’s liberation.

Communities will now experience an improved local government and receive satisfactory and good quality service.

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin Gordhan, who spoke at the recent at the Presidential Local Government Summit, said municipalities would spend public funds carefully, hire competent staff, ensure transparency and be accountable to the people it serve.

A new hospital, launched two months ago, has brought much-needed health care services closer to Vosloorus and neighbouring communities.

The hospital moved from its old building in Katlehong to the new one in Vosloorus, and it came with a certain number of patients.

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has identified as a priority service deliver improvements, which include the turnaround of the maintenance services.

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Government has urged pedestrians and motorists to follow safety precautions at level crossings to avoid serious accidents and deaths.

“We have noted the incidents at level crossings are at a high level and can lead to fatalities. The main reason for these incidents is that motorists and pedestrians fail to adhere to safety precautions,” said Transport Minister Dipuo Peters.

The Department of Home Affairs has opened four new Zimbabwe Special Permit Centres to allow Zimbabwean nationals living in South Africa to apply for special permits.

These centres are in Midrand (Gauteng), Cape Town, (Western Cape), Polokwane (Limpopo) and Durban (Kwazulu-Natal).

In 2010, government implemented the Zimbabwean Dispensation Project (ZDP), which was aimed at regulating the stay of undocumented Zimbabwean nationals living in South Africa.

Illegal electricity connections are claiming the lives of many South Africans and causing power outages throughout the country.

It is also costing Eskom millions in lost revenue.

Johannesburg Water and the Johannesburg Road Agency are jointly spending over R30 million to upgrade ageing infrastructure in Diepsloot.

Driving on a gravel road will soon be a thing of the past once construction and upgrades of the ageing infrastructure in the Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg is complete.

For many years, 21-year-old Siyabonga Khumalo could not move around easily in his grandmother’s house and yard in Mndeni, Soweto. The four-roomed house in Mndeni (Soweto) was not wheelchair-friendly.

“It was very difficult for him to do anything because the yard was not suitable for a wheel chair and our stoep did not have a ramp,” says Siyabonga’s cousin, Makhosi Khumalo.

The Dube TradePort in Durban is now officially an Industrial Development Zone (IDZ).

It joins three other similar economic zones spread out across the country.

President Jacob Zuma handed over an IDZ operator licence to the Dube Trade- Port Corporation signalling a new beginning for the precinct, which has already attracted investments worth nearly R1billion since it was opened in 2012.