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When the Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini delivered her Budget Vote earlier this year, she declared the 2014/15 as the year to protect the rights of people with disabilities.

The Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP) is making a positive impact on the lives of young people across the country, and remains a key programme of government to alleviate poverty and create employment.

When the Department of Agriculture paid out villagers of Flagstaff in the Eastern Cape for their pigs that were culled due to swine flu, in 2008 a group of women decided to use this money to start Zithulele Piggery Cooperative.

Remote and rural schools are set to benefit from the Learn English Audio Project (LEAP), which aims to help learners improve their English listening and speaking skills.

As part of the project, identified schools will each receive a solar powered MP3 player that can either be used in the classroom or language club. The MP3 player is pre-loaded with over 40 hours of teaching material, teacher guides, lesson plans for Grades R to 4, a book with songs and stories. It also comes with a set of colourful cartoon story posters.

Thusong Service Centres have made it easier for communities in urban and remote areas to access government services.

The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has donated R30 million to higher education studies in mathematics, science and technology.

The Minister of Small Business Development, Lindiwe Zulu, has been hard at work since her appointment earlier this year, giving entrepreneurs the necessary support to grow their businesses.

About 43 new state-of-the-art hospitals are expected to be built across South Africa within five years.

POST: Assistant Director: Writer 
DIRECTORATE: Vuk’uzenzele 
SALARY: R270 804 (Excluding benefits) 
CENTRE: Pretoria
REF NUMBER: ASDVUK2014

The Government Communication & Information System (GCIS) wishes to appoint writers to initiate and produce content for a range of GCIS communications platforms, among which the monthly newspaper, Vuk’uzenzele, and the monthly Public Sector Manager (PSM) Magazine are principal channels.

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