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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.

Smallholder farmers yield crops and jobs

Nthambeleni Gabara

Farming in South Africa comes with many challenges for smallholder farmers who have minimal resources and skills to compete in the commercial environment.

A brighter future with science

Thembisa Shologu - Gauteng Provincial Government

Photo caption: Learners are fascinated by an electronic exhibit during National Science Week.

South Africa has a lot to be proud of in the world of science and technology said Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor.

Innovative youth can change SA’s character

SAnews.gov.za

Photo caption: Minister Naledi Pandor with the winners of the SKA-Meerkat competition

Learners should be innovative so they can change the character of South Africa, said Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor. The Minister encouraged learners who won the Square Kilometre Array (SKA)-MeerKat Schools Competition to study Maths and Science.

Limpopo school keeps the flame burning

Samona Murugan

Photo caption: Despite the absence of books, teaching and learning never stopped at Mbilwi Secondary School in Limpopo

Despite being without textbooks for the first half of the year, learners, teachers and parents at Mbilwi Secondary School in Sibasa, have been determined to do well.

Zambian doctors impressed by SA’s TB facilities

Howard Kgoa - Department of Health

Photo caption: A delegation of Zambian doctors with hospital staff during a visit to the King George V Hospital in Durban.

A delegation of Zambian doctors on an educational tour to South Africa has lauded the country’s multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB sites.