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Education for learners in about 50 schools in the Northern Cape is set to become more exciting, thanks to the introduction of a wireless network in the area.

The then Science and Technology Deputy Minister Michael Masutha launched the wireless network, which will give thousands of learners in the JT Gaetsewe District Municipality access to the internet.

Parliament is one of the important institutions in a democratic setup, responsible for making laws, electing a President and holding government accountable.

Grade 4 schoolgirls across the country are being vaccinated against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) after the Department of Health launched the HPV vaccination campaign.

Further Education and Training (FET) graduates could soon find it easier to get a job, thanks to a new graduate placement programme in the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal.

As one of its key priorities, Government is extending access to education by building schools that will cater for learners with special needs. Thanduxolo Specialised School in Mpumalanga is one of those schools.

A R60 million multi-purpose training and development centre to be built at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) in Roodeplaat, Pretoria, is expected to give the up- and-coming black commercial farmers a boost.

Speaking after the sod-turning ceremony at the centre recently, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti said: “With this new multi-million rand facility, our objective will be to rekindle that class of commercial farmers destroyed by the Native Land Act.”

“As we mark International Mandela Day…let us begin planning for a major clean- up of our cities, towns, townships, villages, schools and beautify every part of our country.”

State of the Nation Address

President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address has been received with enthusiasm by a number of Ministers, who will now set out to deliver on the President’s promises.

State of the Nation Address

South Africa is a country hard at work, addressing the challenges facing it and improving the lives of its citizens.

State of the Nation Address

South Africans from all walks of life watched with interest as President Jacob Zuma delivered his State of the Nation Address recently.

This is what some of them had to say about the issues outlined by the President: