… IT STARTS WITH YOU
"Noka e tlatswa ke dinokana" is a Sesotho term meaning "A river swells from little streams." This is the motto of the Movement for Good, which is aimed at getting South Africans to help create the country they want to live in.
If everyone in the country does something small that is positive, it will swell like a river to become one big positive wave.
SAY NO TO MOB JUSTICE
Fighting HIV and AIDS togetherGovernment’s Khomanani programme and other campaigns, like Lovelife and the TV drama, Soul City, are successfully helping to make people more aware of HIV and AIDS, how to prevent it and how to live with it.
This was found by a study done jointly by Health and Development Africa, the Centre for AIDS Research and Development, Soul City, and the American Johns Hopkins Health and Education company in South Africa.
On seeing granny Nomfundo Zokozo's van coming, nine-year-old Bongani Mafanya screams on top of his voice calling to other children to come.
WHY FOOD PRICES ARE RISING AND HOW TO COPE
South Africa is not the only country facing high food prices. Many other countries in Africa, as well as in the rest of the world, are also experien-cing rising food prices.
Use opportunities even if you are pregnant
Plans to ensure that soccer fans will have a safe visit to the country during the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup are almost finalised. The safety and security plan, which is aimed at dealing with specific crimes will be rolled out in different stages. The first part is crime prevention and combating. The police will deploy 41 000 police personnel. In addition, they will have support from the South African National Defence Force for specific tasks. The second stage includes intelligence.
The world soccer controlling body, FIFA, will give its full support to smaller businesses like bed and breakfasts, lodges and guesthouses to accommodate visitors in 2010.
But to get FIFA's support, such places must be registered and must meet FIFA's standards.
The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, together with MATCH, is responsible for making sure that the 55 000 rooms needed for soccer officials, teams, VIPs, media and visitors are of a high standard.
