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Tlala o kotsing. These Sesotho words loosely translate as “hunger you are in trouble”. They were repeatedly used by Finance Minister Trevor Manuel during his  Budget Speech.

PUTTING OUR YOUTH FIRST

Women’s March, 9 August 1956

On 9 August each year,  South Africa celebrates National Women’s Day. On this day in 1956,  some 20 000 women from all over the country marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria. They protested against the unjust pass laws of the apartheid government. 

Government workers who receive social grants illegally should come clean. This is a message from the Department of Social Development to 43 000 government workers. The department’s external director of communications Kgati Sathekge said the government was losing R7, 3 million a month because of corrupt officials. “We have now adopted zero tolerance against anyone misusing public funds.

STATE VISITS
STRENGTHENING INTERNATIONAL TIES

The President, Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers do not go on state visits just to see other countries, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aziz Pahad. They go to strengthen our relations and economic cooperation with the rest of the world.

Are you sitting at home worrying because you don’t have a job? Why not use the opportunities created by government and improve your lives!  Many people who were unemployed in the past are now able to put bread on the table thanks to funding for small businesses through government’s economic programmes.

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INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLANS - HELPING TO REACH DELIVERY GOALS

South Africans should work together no matter what political parties they belong to. They should get to know each other better and have more discussions about common goals no matter what language they speak.

This was the message from President Thabo Mbeki following discussions about his State of the Nation Address.

Tobacco causes 30 000 deaths a year in South Africa, said Dr Yussuf Saloojee, Director of the National Council Against Smoking. He was speaking to Parliament's health portfolio committee in January. 

Domestic workers and children 

Second-hand smoke breathed in from smokers' cigarettes, is harmful to non-smokers.