Beyond the call of duty to protect children
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Photo caption: Learners at the launch of Child Protection Week in Kimberley in the Northern Cape.
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Photo caption: Learners at the launch of Child Protection Week in Kimberley in the Northern Cape.
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Taxi drivers will soon have the fi aid skills to save lives and attend to accident victims. This is thanks to a joint initiative by the Department of Transport, Netcare 911 and the South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) to train taxi drivers in first aid skills so that they can give first-line care to injured people.
SANTACO and the Department of Trans- port have already nominated the first group of drivers for training in Johannesburg, but plans in place to implement the project nationally.
Mthunzi Mhaga
Judging from recent incidents, sexual violence by young people in South Africa is rising. This is viewed as a serious judgement against our society. Spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Mthunzi Mhaga provides insight into the NPA’s stance on sexual violence by minors.
Khoboso Lebenya - Eastern Cape Provincial Government
Photo caption: Matatiele residents who have signed up for the EPWP Clean-up Campaign and the Waste Collection Management Programme.
Unemployed residents of Matatiele may soon say goodbye to poverty, as their community is the latest beneficiary of the Expanded Public Works Pro- gramme (EPWP).
Nthambeleni Gabara
Photo caption: Kenneth Maphoru at the new bridge over the Lepelle River at Mankele.
Photo caption: Headman Solly Maphoru, right, with brothers, Jeffery and Herbert Maphoru at the life-threatening segwaigwai makeshift cable car.
Cobus Coetzee - Mpumalanga Provincial Government
Photo caption: Parents and community members work together to improve the Mbulawa Senior Secondary School in Mpumalanga.
Photo caption: To celebrate Mandela’s legacy, the infrastructure in at least 94 schools throughout South Africa will be improved.
In anticipation of former President Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday on 18 July, the Department of Basic Education has joined forces with the Nelson Mandela Foundation to honour Madiba’s dedication to education with the “94+ Projects for Madiba” campaign
Kgati Sathekge - Retired Public Servant
Photo caption: With candles lit, nurses at the Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital in Pretoria recite the Nurse’s Pledge to mark International Nurses Day.
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Photo caption: Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi, right, and his Cuban counterpart Roberto Orales Ojeda exchange documents after signing the agreement of cooperation.
Thalia Anderson - Department of Health