YOUTH
“ID YOURSELF” KICKS OFF IN CAPE TOWN
Young South Africans in their teens are reminded that they need to have the green bar-coded ID if they want to start their adult lives successfully.
With an ID document they are able to benefit from the advantages that all South African citizens have. These include access to learning, government support, travel and many other opportunities.
The Sodiswater Project has improved the lives of many rural communities who do not have access to clean running water. Using a free and easy method of disinfecting their drinking water through sun power, they have reduced diseases caused by unsafe water...
As part of continuing efforts to see that everyone has access to our legal systems, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has extended some services to rural and township courts.
These changes will ensure the availability of more services that are presently found in district and magistrate's courts. As of August last year, the services offered by the lower courts (district and magisterial courts) were increased.
THERE IS A WAY OUT OF DEBT
Eskom and the Department of Energy started a new building programme to create more electricity for new developments in South Africa. Electricity is an important part of progress and growth in the country.
"It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that a son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of a farm worker can become the president of a great nation." - Nelson Mandela...
As parents, you have an important role to play in your children's education. This is the message of the newly-created Department of Basic Education.
Hundreds of callers to the Presidential Hotline have nothing but praise for the way their complaints were handled after contacting the Presidential Hotline. These satisfied callers confirm President Zuma's statement that the Presidential Hotline is not only a public relations exercise. He said that each call would be treated as if it were the only one.
In a move to help small-scale farmers to get their products to big markets, government has put a plan into action to open up bigger markets to previously disadvantaged farmers. This is done through 
government's policy of changing the business processes of the past.
Programmes
A free flag for you to print and cut out. Display it wherever you can. Remember the red band is always on top
ROLE MODEL
BORN TO BE ENGINEER
I was born to be an engineer,” says Sipho Myanga of Nelspruit in Mpumalanga. A school visit to the OR Tambo International Airport as a young boy was all it took for Myanga to develop an interest in understanding how mechanical things worked. “I was fascinated and impressed by the airplanes. It was just so amazing,” he said.
Roller coaster