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.
More than 30 youth leaders, youth health experts and activists attended a meeting organised by the Youth Commission on youth health, HIV and Aids and substance abuse in Pretoria recently. They represented national youth organisations and youth health non-government organisations.
On 2 January this year, South Africa became a non-permanent member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council for the first time.
The UN is an association of countries set up in 1945 to promote peace and co-operation between nations.
Peace and security
Building houses for South Africa's millions of homeless people is one of government's number one goals. To reach its target of getting rid of informal settlements by 2014, government has a number of plans in place. One of these is to work together with communities.
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel made members of the National Assembly laugh when he explained in his joking way what the amount of R2 trillion to be spent by government in the next three years looks like. "Madam Speaker," he said "That's a two followed by 12 zeros."