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When Thuli Mthethwa’s family was violently attacked at their home in Tembisa, east of Johannesburg, she gave up her job as a software developer to design an alarm device that would benefit the community.

The Thabong police station, situated about 140 kilometres from Bloemfontein, is the leading police station in South Africa.

The Southern Sotho word ‘thabong’ means a place of happiness, which the police members at the station try to emulate when serving the public.

The station won R15 000 prize money in the South African Police Service Excellence Awards, which will go towards buying new equipment for the community service area.

For many years children from Mvezo village in the Eastern Cape – the birthplace of former President Nelson Mandela – were forced to drop out of school after passing Grade 9.

Angeline Mtsweni, 29, is nine months pregnant and expecting her second baby boy.

She says being pregnant is a wonderful feeling but the most important thing is to ensure that she and her new bundle of joy are healthy.

The Department of Health has called on South African women, especially teenage girls, to use contraceptives to prevent unplanned pregnancies.

According to the department, in the past year there were 89 000 abortions at public health facilities, while 3 200 women died during pregnancy or up to six weeks after delivery or the termination of a pregnancy.

The South African Institute of Charted Accountants (SAICA) is working with provincial education departments to increase mathematics pass rates in the country.

A massive revamp to the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations is on the cards following a ministerial task team report on the quality of the matric pass requirements.

Protecting the rights of people with disabilities

November is a month in which our nation focuses its attention on close to three million South Africans whose status and wellbeing in our society tell us how humane we are as a people and how we are doing in achieving equality for all.