South Africa's latest 'export product' will be in the form of the popular hat worn by South African soccer fans known as the 'makarapa'. This hard hat was originally used as protection for miners and construction workers.
Protection
EMPOWERING THE DISABLED
REACHING GOALS BY CREATING OPPORTUNITIES
Thanks to government's policy of equal rights for disabled people in the workplace, the South African Post Office employs 742 people with disabilities out of its total of about 16 000 permanent workers. Recently, 13 blind and partially sighted people got jobs at the Post Office.
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"From Cape to Cairo, Africa must stand together as never before to create a sweet chorus singing the same song in perfect harmony. The 2010 FIFA World Cup must be Pan-African in word and deed as South Africa stages a tournament that inspires all of Africa." - Dr Irvin Khoza, Chairman 2010 FIFA Organising Committee.
Government, through different national departments, is identifying those scarce skills that the economy cannot do without.
Sector Education and Training Authorities, called SETAs for short, form part of government's plan to develop such skills. The Department of Labour, in turn, has plans in place to help SETAs get information on scarce and critical skills.
First, everybody did the moonwalk dance, then the macarena. The Mexican wave is also now a feature of all sporting events. South Africa is set to get the world jiving to an African rhythm with the diski dance to celebrate the first ever FIFA World Cup on the African continent.
DON'T LET ANYONE STEAL YOUR IDENTITY
PROTECT YOUR GOOD NAME
Soccer fever has hit the whole of South Africa. Mr Ndede (not his real name) had promised his children that he would buy a television set so that they could watch soccer together as a family. What he was told when he got to the furniture store really shocked him.
Stealing your name
AFRICA FOUNDATION
EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES THROUGH ONSERVATION
The community of Mduku village is among many who are benefiting from Conservation Corporation Africa. The corporation operates many game reserves and lodges countrywide.
BLACK BUSINESS SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
BOOSTING SMALL BUSINESS
One of government's programmes that help black-owned businesses to grow, is the Black Business Supplier Development Programme. It gives grants to black-owned businesses that are making a profit and have been in operation for more than a year.
ECONOMIC LITERACY
WHAT IS INFLATION AND HOW DOES IT AFFECT US?
Last year, food prices in South Africa increased by over 10 per cent. The price of a 12,5 kilogram bag of mealie meal, for example, increased from R37 to R49.
KEEPING IT BRIEF
100TH THUSONG SERVICE CENTRE OPENED
Gone are the days when the community of Inhlazuka in KwaZulu-Natal had to travel long distances to access government services. A new Thusong Service Centre - the 100th in the country - was opened at Inhlazuka by President Thabo Mbeki on 7 June.