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Chronic poverty and hunger due to a lack of jobs in the deep rural village of Ha-Matsila in Limpopo is now in the past. Job-creation projects in the area are blowing new life in to the community.

The Matsila Community Farming Project in Limpopo is giving new life to this area where many people have been struggling to make a living in the past.

The Western Cape provincial government is building new schools, upgrading existing ones and adding classrooms to others as part of its commitment to ensure quality teaching and learning.

Twenty-five new schools and hundreds of additional classrooms will be built in the Western Cape over the next three years as part of wiping out the backlog in schools infrastructure in the province.

“I am so excited about the increase, it is not that much but it will make a difference. At least I will be able to buy school uniforms in January,” said Sarah Nkomo, a domestic worker in Mbombela. Precious Nkosi, a contract cleaner at the Mbombela local municipality, urged the Labour Department to do inspections because some employers normally don’t comply with wage increases.

National Book Week is celebrated from 6 to 13 September. It is an initiative of the South African Book Development Council (SABDC) in collaboration with the Department of Arts and Culture to make South Africa a reading nation. The celebrations coincide with International Literacy Day on 8 September.

Towards the end of 2011, a total of 140 868 jobs were created across the 12 Action Plans, said Premier Nomvula Mokonyane. 

The Gauteng Provincial Government reported that of these jobs, 3 668 were permanent against the annual target of 26 140, while 33 064 were temporary jobs against the annual target of 58 001 and 104 136 were from the Expanded Public Works Programme against the annual target of 143 380. 

Education empowers

Kha Ri Gude means “let us learn” in Tshivenda. It is also the name of a mass literacy campaign that aims to teach 4,7 million adults above the age of 15 years to become literate and numerate. Since 2008, the campaign has helped to create about 75 000 short-term jobs by equipping almost a million learners with literacy skills.

With the 2011 matric examinations just weeks away, every learner should be making the most of this time to prepare for the most important exams of their school careers.

For Grade 12 learners, the last and most important lap of their school careers starts on Monday 24 October 2011 when they will sit for the final matric exams.

Education empowers

To millions of people around the world, the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be remembered as the beginning of the biggest global education campaign ever. As part of the 2010 World Cup legacy, the 1 Goal Education for All campaign is bringing together footballers, fans, charities, corporations and individuals to help achieve its aim of quality education for everyone.

For some, the festive season was a wake-up call to be more cautious in future of excesses like drinking too much, driving under the influence of alcohol, unsafe sex an overspending.