Infrastructure development - Improved public transport for Gauteng
Samona Murugan
Photo caption: The new transport master plan aims to meet commuter needs
Samona Murugan
Photo caption: The new transport master plan aims to meet commuter needs
Albert Pule
Government is doing well in many of the targets it has set for itself to achieve by 2014, but there is room for improvement.
This was the feeling after the first cabinet lekgotla in the three years and four months of the current administration. “We can confidently say we are happy with the progress, there are challenges, but overall we are satisfied with the pace things are moving,” Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Collins Chabane recently said.
Stephen Timm
If you are writing matric this year, you must apply now for admission to a tertiary education institution of your choice.
The National Arts Council invites post graduate students and registered education and training institutions that are involved in studies or provide tuition in the fi of theatre, dance, crafts, literature, music and visual arts to submit applications for bursary funding. Applications invited are for individual post graduate studies and block institution bursaries for undergraduate students who will be studying in South Africa during 2013.
Investing billions to aid growth and jobs
Bon voyage for SA’s first dedicated training vessel
Samona Murugan
Photo caption: Trainees wave goodbye from the deck of the SA Dedicated Training Vessel.
Safety and security
Access to justice for Ashton
Mokgethwa Ngoepe
The residents of Ashton in the Western Cape have finally realised their dream of having a court in close proximity. The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Jeff Radebe, opened the very first magistrate’s court in the town valued at R7,6 million recently. This forms part of the department’s mandate of ensuring access to justice for all.
Ex-offender turns his life around
Elfas Torerai - Department of Correctional Services
Photo caption: Pastor Brando Lottering and his wife Petronella
Getting the police to march in step
Thomas Thale
Photo caption: The new Civilian Secretariat for Police will help to ensure that police operate within the Constitution.
Rural development
Wuduza farm workers grow into farmers
Tabita Ngqunge & Thomas Thale
Photo caption: Wuduza farm produces high-quality oranges mainly for the export market.
When the Ulimocor Parastatal of the former Ciskei government was liquidated in 1997, the future looked bleak for the Battlesden Farm and its employees.