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The first of the 64 antennas of the MeerKAT telescope, the largest and most sensitive radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, and a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), has been completed outside Carnarvon, in the Karoo.

President Jacob Zuma has described the mini summit of the Inte r national Conference of the African Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), which he attended in Angola recently, as a positive and constructive engagement.

The country’s top teachers were rewarded for their hard work and dedication by the Department of Basic Education at the National Teaching Award s recently.

President Jacob Zuma was among the first to congratulate the winners, saying education was a priority and teachers had an important role to play in the lives of learners.

At just 20 years old, Sandile Kubheka from KwaZulu-Natal is the youngest doctor in the country.

Youth matters

Engineering student and part-time DJ Mandla Maseko is set to become the first black African to venture into space.

Labour issues

Government has warned that it will take strong action against those who make use of child labour.

Labour issues

Strikes that continue for a long time have a negative impact on the economy and do not benefit anyone

Local government

The people of Bekkersdal in Gauteng is making amends for their vandalism during service delivery protests, which saw them damaging community facilities.

Local government

The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has established an internal nerve centre to come up with plans to detect and deal with violent service delivery protests.

Public schools across Gauteng have opened their doors for the registration of learners for the 2015 academic year.

Gauteng Education MEC Barbara Creecy launched the Public School Admissions Campaign recently, which included the distribution of pamphlets encouraging parents to apply now to avoid the last minute rush in 2015.

“There is high demand for space in Gauteng schools. We have over 2 000 public ordinary schools that accommodate 1.9 million learners. Apply early so that we can accommodate you.