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Government ’s massive infrastructure drive is not only changing the country’s landscape and creating jobs but also opening up a whole new world to schoolchildren.

The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory has transformed former President Nelson Mandela’s office into a facility for public dialogue, as well as a physical home for his legacy.

July is Nelson Mandela Month, a time when people around the world celebrate the life of former President Nelson Mandela by doing small acts of kindness for those who are less fortunate.

Every year on 18 July, which is former President Nelson Mandela’s birthday, South Africa and the rest of the world join hands to celebrate International Mandela Day.

In honour of Madiba’s life and values, International Mandela Day was launched in 2009 and encourages people to do some good, no matter how big or small, for 67 minutes on 18 July.

The Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) is going through a major construction boom, attracting huge investments and creating thousands of jobs in the process.

Nhlanhla Moropodi’s neardeath experience prompted him to dream of becoming a paramedic.

On the hills of Thohoyandou lies a village called Mukula, where a group of men and women has formed a viable cooperative to crush the village’s natural resource of stones into concrete for supply to local builders.

When the stationery shop she worked for closed down in 2010, the future looked bleak for Persistence Ndlovu.

When Ingrid Lestrade took five teenagers to a training workshop a few years back, she was stunned when one of them suddenly said to her, “This is the first time I feel like a human being, because I have never been treated this way before.”

Residents of Mutale village no longer have to travel 30 kilometres to Thohoyandou in Limpopo to buy paraffin, fill up their gas stoves or fill up their cars.