Publisher

Making their own map books cost schools for blind and partially sighted learners a lot of money and time. They have to use special Braille paper, string and glue. In addition, such maps are usually quite small and the information very limited.

First for South Africa

Police Crime Imbizo

The Police Crime Imbizo forms part of an ongoing campaign by police to visit communities where there are high crime levels, including the use of deadly drugs. This gives people the opportunity to speak their minds on crime and to find ways to cooperate with the police.

Police recruitment policy

As the first line of defence in government's fight against crime, the Police Department has put in place a new recruitment policy to ensure that new recruits will be able to handle the important task of turning the tide against crime.

Bursaries for Heritage Related Studies: 2015 The Department of Arts and Culture invites applications for bursaries for students who wish to pursue studies in heritage courses. The bursary will finance both undergraduates and post graduates in the following fields:

The budget

Government continues to make good progress to create more jobs and improve the basic living conditions of South Africans. This was demonstrated when Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announced details of the Budget for the financial year starting in April 2011 and ending in March 2012.

Social protection

DEPUTY DIRECTOR: ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT REFERENCE: 87/14/LMP

PACKAGE:
R 532 278 - R 627 000 per annum. The successful candidate will be required to sign a performance agreement.
ENQUIRIES: Ms E Kotze
Tel: 015 287 2016

COURT MANAGER REFERENCIE: 113/14/WC

SALARY:
R270 804 per annum The successful candidate will be required to sign a performance agreement)
ENQUIRIES: Mr J Manuel
Tel: 021 462 5471

Ubuntu Institute Fellowship Programme

A growing number of young people in South Africa have completed their studies, but can't find jobs. In partnership with government, a Johannesburg-based non-governmental organisation, is addressing this challenge by providing once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for a number of young tourism graduates to gain valuable work experience.

Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) seeks an experienced senior manager to be responsible for training and development. The successful candidate will have insight and understanding of government communications and will play a leading role in the training, induction, and development of manual/guidelines/communication policies and implementation of the qualification for government communicators.

Health
Going strong 17 years later

Nomusa Njoko had been an asthma sufferer since the age of 12, an affliction she never really outgrew. At 22, the disease appeared to rear its ugly head again and Nomusa went for an asthma check-up. At the time, it sounded a bit strange when the doctor suggested that she had an HIV test as she was not responding as well to her prescribed medication as in the past.

Your health

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