YOUTH
SCHOOLS WORLD CUP KICKS OFF
The Schools Football World Cup is a joint project by the Department of Education, the Department of Sport and Recreation, the 2010 Organising Committee (OC) and the SABC. It aims to educate and get some 12 million South African school pupils - both boys and girls - excited about the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Two phases
BUILDING INDUSTRY: WOMEN STEP IN
The Soweto Building Centre, supported by the Department of Labour, was started in 1991 to help people whose schooling was badly affected by the violence of the 1990s.
Today, the centre is helping to reduce the skills shortage in the building industry thanks to ongoing support from the department.
Women
UNPAID DEBTS
MUNICIPAL JOBS LEAD TO WIN-WIN SITUATION
NEWS YOU CAN USE
SOCIAL GRANTS - NO MORE DELAYS
Social grants are reaching beneficiaries quicker. More pay-points are being established and waiting time in queues is reduced. These and other benefits are thanks to a new body, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), that started working in April this year.
HE GOT THE SKILLS THEN LED HIS HEART TO SUCCESS
In 1989 Samuel Mangena left a good job at ZZ2 Tomatoes. After working there for 15 years, he realised that he had learned enough about the business of farming to go it alone.
PUTTING OUR YOUTH FIRST
GIVING MEANING TO MANY LIVES
When the community of Matsulu saw that the youth in the area were getting involved in bad things like alcohol, teenage pregnancies, unprotected sex and crime, they decided to do something.
Meaningful projects
YOUR BABY'S HEALTH
HIV MOMS CAN BREAST-FEED ...BUT DON'T MIX BREAST WITH POWDERED MILK
For the past few months, people all over the country have been talking about one thing that affects all of us - load shedding.
Load shedding is a way of saving electricity. It means electricity is switched off in certain areas for periods of about two hours at a time. This helps to ensure that the electricity that is available is enough for everyone.
Work together
SEPTEMBER 24, HERITAGE DAY
CELEBRATING WHO WE ARE
