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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.

Employment news
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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Education empowers

Schools throughout the country have jumped on board the technology train with the roll-out of the Teacher Laptop Initiative. The initiative allows teachers to use a laptop to gather information, share ideas and learn from each other to improve the quality of education in classrooms.

Thousands of young people in a rural Mpumalanga municipality will benefit from a new youth advisory centre.

The Ntunda Youth Centre was set up at Ntunda Village in Nkomazi Local Municipality outside Malelane in Mpumalanga to provide facilities, resources, information and skills to local out of school and school-going youth.