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Know Your Minister: Tourism

The Arts and Culture Department, in cooperation with the Department of Tourism, is working on a programme that will see the country's heritage resources boost tourism.

Know Your Minister: Tourism

South Africans will be celebrating Heritage Day on 24 September. Nelson Mandela used the phrase “rainbow nation” to describe South Africa’s different cultures, customs, traditions, histories, and languages. This day is a celebration of that diversity.

“The survey shows that the number of people employed in the formal non-agricultural sector of the South African economy increased by about 59 000 persons (+0,7%) from June 2011 (an estimated 8 300 000 employees) to September 2011 (an estimated 8 359 000 employees),” said Stats SA in its Quarterly Employment Statistics survey.

Know your Minister

Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk is a lawyer and political scientist by profession. He was born on 10 November 1959 and hails from Polokwane. His academic qualifications include a B Proc degree as well as a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree and Master of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Johannesburg (previously Rand Afrikaans University). He is married to Suzette and they have two children, Christiaan and Maryke.

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Matric results and supplementary exams

Release of results and counseling support

Youth matters

A delegation of young people from South Africa had an opportunity to be part of international talks in New York when they attended the United Nations High Level Meeting on Youth in July. Executive Chairperson of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Andile Lungisa led the delegation.

Youth matters

It is not ‘cool’ to use drugs,” was the message from Deputy Minister of Police Maggie Sotyu to young people. She was speaking at the launch of a recent Crime Prevention and Youth Mass Mobilisation campaign at Galeshewe in the Northern Cape.

Requirements

Applicants must have satisfied the academic requirements for the advertised fields of study and must be new to the Public Service, i.e.: they should have not served as Public Service interns previously.

Youth matters

South Africa currently has a housing backlog of over two million units. Youth were given an opportunity recently at a youth summit to present their vision to Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale on what they would like to see in housing in 19 years’ time.

Human Settlements Summit

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