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The graduates, who were part of the Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development‘s Accelerated Artisan Training Programme, successfully completed their theoretical and practical technical training, including trade tests in trades such as boiler-making, welding, electrical and fitting and turning. 

They will also sit for assessments on plumbing and motor mechanical trades in 2012.   

Education empowers

Many children dream of becoming doctors, nurses, teachers or lawyers and making a difference in their societies. To achieve these dreams they will need to study and further their education. However, studying at a tertiary institution costs a lot of money and many parents cannot afford it.

International relations

Government in cooperation with the South African Aid organisation Gift of the Givers has called on South Africans to help Somalia by donating whatever they can to help our fellow Africans in need.

Presidential Hotline

When was the Presidential Hotline established?

In his State of the Nation Address on 3 June 2009, President Jacob Zuma announced his plan to establish a Presidential Hotline to improve access of members of the public to government.

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson is upbeat her department can create about 90 000 jobs a year over the next ten years if provinces submit at least 140 project plans for job creation projects. 

Presidential Hotline

The Presidential Hotline continues to be a last resort to help find solutions to problems when all else had failed. But callers are reminded that they should never abuse the hotline or make prank calls as this can delay the process for other callers who really need help.

Funding for housing

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.