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September is National Heart Aware- ness Month. It serves as a reminder that heart disease can affect anyone and that heart attacks and strokes are major killers in all parts of the world. However, in many cases they can be prevented if we change unhealthy lifestyle choices to healthy ones.

Heart disease and stroke are the number one killers in South Africa. One in three men and one in four women will suffer from cardiovascular disease (affecting the heart and the rest of the blood vessels) before they are 60 years old.

Soweto mom’s HIV heroism moves Sir Elton John and US VIPs

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“I play before capacity crowds and get an awful sense of fulfillment from that. But the emotion cannot compare to listening to Florence this morning.”

Bridge links tourists to Madiba’s legacy

Nthambeleni  Gabara

Photo caption: President Jacob Zuma with Eastern Cape Premier Noxolo Kiviet at the site of the Nelson Mandela Legacy Bridge, Ludondolo village near Mthatha

BRT system to change Tshwane landscape

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Photo caption: Tshwane’s new BRT system will go a long way towards easing traffic congestion in the city.

By April 2014, commuters in and around Tshwane will be able to hop into sleek, new buses driving in special lanes to get to their destinations without being stuck in traffic.

Samona Murugan

Photo caption: The FET Expansion and Development Programme Fund aims to make good quality tertiary education more accessible and affordable to even more young people. (Photo: Volkswagen South Africa MediaClubSouthAfrica.com)

Great strides for school sport
BuaNews

Photo caption: Minister of Sport and Recreation Fikile Mbalula with a group of school children in Mamelodi during the launch of Magnificent Wednesdays

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On an official visit to Japan, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies promoted trade and investment ties between the two countries.  Davies met his Japanese counterpart, Yukio Edano, to discuss strengthening bilateral trade and investment relations between the two countries. Davies also met various industry stake- holders including Nissan, Isuzu, Toyota, and the Japanese Business Federation, Keidanren.  He delivered a keynote address at the SADC/Mainichi Forum - aimed at promoting opportunities in the region.

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Photo caption: Delegates at the SADC Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government at the Tolatone Conference Centre in Luanda, Angola.

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Photo caption: President Jacob Zuma addresses delegates at the closing of the Global African Diaspora Summit.

Department of Social Development

Photo caption: The re-registration of social grant recipients will ensure that fraud and corruption are detected and eliminated

Photo caption: If a social grant recipient is too old or sick to travel, a family member or friend may apply on their behalf.