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When life gets really tough and you need to seek help from the state, what do you do? If you go to government for help, you can do one of two things: you can apply for a grant or you can apply for a loan. If you apply for a grant, you do not have to pay back the money you received. If you apply for a loan, you will have to pay back the money you received.

Local Elections

By only making an X, people with valid SA identity documents (ID) and who have registered as voters, will once again make a difference by voting in the coming municipality elections. The official date for the election has not been announced, but Independent Electoral Commission chief electoral officer Advocate Pansy Tlakula said it will be any time between 7 December and 6 March 2006.

The struggle to free our people and rebuild our country has taught us important lessons. One lesson is that the people are their own liberators. To bring real and lasting change for the better, all of us need to work together. Each of us needs to do what we can to help drive back the frontiers of poverty. Every person and every community has a part to play in turning our society from one that was divided and unequal into one that is just and prosperous.