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NO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN
 For most people the festive season is when they have good times with their families and friends. But this is also a time when alcohol and drug abuse increase.

Openness is the key to democracy.  Openness in the activities of government means giving ordinary people the chance to highlight the weak and strong points of government and how the government can improve the delivery of services. It is against this background that ordinary South Africans have a chance to look into the progress the country has made in the first 10 years of democracy, and into the challenges of speeding up progress.

Solutions to skills shortage

Before 1994, many  South Africans had few skills they could sell on the job market. This was because the apartheid system neglected the education of the majority of South Africans. The National Skills Development Strategy adopted in 2001 changed this. More than 6 million people have completed skills training in different programmes run by the Department of Labour.

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HAVE FUN...BUT OBEY THE RULES OF THE ROAD

This is the popular and streetwise slogan the government is using to fight Tuberculosis or TB as it is commonly known.

The Hola 6 campaign  started in September this year. It aims to improve TB treatment and prove that the disease can be cured by taking your medication and following the doctor’s instruction for only six months.

This country has never seen such intense engagement with municipalities.

More than 100 municipalities by December this year – that is the number of municipalities touched by the Municipal Imbizo Programme since it started.

The Health Department  has set up one-stop centres to make services accessible to all affected by HIV and AIDS

However, most of those who visit the centres are still  women. Men are still not too comfortable with knowing their status.

In the past many people died of Aids without anyone knowing about their status.

This happened mainly because those who were living with the disease were afraid of being isolated by their own communities.