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After paying for his house for 20 years, pensioner Tutu Lennox Mande struggled to get the title deed for the house from the bank.

Residents of Tsakane in Gauteng will no longer have to travel 17km to get access to basic justice services.

Inspired by a community meeting that urged them to take control of their destiny, unemployed Nwamitwa villagers turned to pigs to earn an income.

During the more than 20 years that Pinkie Moloi has lived in Diyatalawa in the Free State, the mother of four has struggled to find a job to support her family.

President Jacob Zuma has pledged government’s commitment to restoring pride in the teaching profession, which is universally acknowledged as the mother of all professions.

About 10.2 million learners have spoken out against the high number of rapes in the country, lending their voices to the Stop Rape Campaign.

In what is a first for the country, a clinical school has been built in the Winelands/Overberg region of the Western Cape to prepare and encourage doctors to practise in rural areas.

Infrastructure

Heavy machinery operated by busy workmen will be a common sight across South Africa this year, as provinces go to work, building and upgrading infrastructure.

In their State of the Province Addresses recently, the nine Premiers outlined the infrastructure projects their provinces would deliver to boost economic and social development.

Government’s efforts to address the growing demand for teachers received a major boost when Higher Education and Training Minister Dr Blade Nzimande launched a new Teacher Education Programme recently.

After spending years working as a waiter at the Barclays Bank canteen and later at Anglovaal Mining, Daniel Mabuza says his biggest regret is not quitting sooner to start his own project. Mabuza, 70, retired from the Johannesburg mine in 2003 and returned to his home village of Ezekhaya, about 50km outside Tzaneen, Limpopo.