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As thousands of South Africans take to the roads over holidays, motorists have been warned to take extra care and stay out of trouble.

Road accidents and deaths, often involving pedestrians, are at their highest during the festive period, according to the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC).

The RTMC has launched its festive season road safety campaign to crack down on bad driving, in keeping with the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 campaign.

The Department of Transport has been hard at work introducing state-ofthe- art transport facilities by upgrading road, rail and aviation infrastructure. Yet despite these world-class improvements, serious accidents continue to take place, leaving families devastated and the country poorer.

South Africans who have not yet registered to vote in next year’s election still have the opportunity to do so.

Those who did not take advantage of the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) recent registration drive by registering at voting stations can register at their local municipal electoral office during office hours.

There is hope for those who go to bed hungry, with government allocating R2 billion to the Integrated Food Production Initiative, which aims to put food on the tables of South Africans.

Thulasizwe Shabalala was a newly qualified teacher when he left his job in 2011, after just two years, to start the Thuthukamzizi Bakery Cooperative with five other people.

In the small farming town of Frankfort in the Free State lies the rural village of Frankfort Savage – a small settlement of just 27 households.

Twenty years ago, working as an assistant nurse in a clinic, Dorcus Modise never thought she would be one day be an award-winning farmer.

Food and beverage company Nestlé gave some inspirational women a pat on the back and a healthy cash injection at the Nestlé Community Nutrition Awards recently.

The awards, which started 20 years ago, honour women who feed their families and communities from their food gardens.

According to Nestlé, the awards are a means for the company to support government and help with some initiatives.

Nestlé believes it has as much responsibility as government to create an environment that is conducive for people to thrive in.

In the deep rural village of Pella Namakwa in the Northern Cape, residents struggled to get to shops and learners had to walk long distances to school.

Engineer Richard Noble and RAF pilot Andy Green have taken their passion for racing a step further by creating the Bloodhound Project- a global education initiative.

The project promotes the exciting use of technology, engineering and mathematics at schools and aims to inspire a future generation of engineers and technologists.