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From The Union Buildings

There are few presidential activities more fulfilling than spending a morning in the company of small children. I recently attended the opening of the Little Flower early childhood development (ECD) centre in Bizana in the Eastern Cape, where I got to spend time with some of the future leaders of our country, reading to them and listening to them.

The Zulu nation began a new era when President Cyril Ramaphosa handed over a certificate of recognition to King Misuzulu kaZwelithini in a watershed ceremony that took place in a packed Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban recently.

Inspirational entrepreneur Samane Molwantwa is now exporting her skincare products, thanks to the assistance she received from the Gauteng Enterprise Propeller (GEP).

 Molwantwa is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Krugersdorp-based Ya Sama Body Care, a cosmetics manufacturing business launched in 2020.

Over 14 000 learners are set to benefit from virtual classrooms, that include robotics and coding elements, due to a public-private partnership between the Vodacom Foundation and the Department of Basic Education (DBE).

According to Takalani Netshitenzhe, the Director of External Affairs at Vodacom South Africa, its Virtual Classroom Solution (VCS) was approved by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa at the height of COVID-19, to enable remote access to teaching and learning in poor communities.

The Youth Unemployment Service (YES), a business-led collaboration with the Department of Labour, is creating on-the-job training and job opportunities for the country’s unemployed youth. 

The community of Ngcobo in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape finally has its own community radio station that serves as an information platform and adds value to residents’ lives. 

If you own a performing arts organisation, a production house or you are an independent producer in the arts industry, the Artscape Theatre Centre invites you to submit proposals for innovative, stage-ready dramas, music, dance or cross-genre productions to be staged in 2023. 

The reliability of water supply by municipalities to households across South Africa is only at 68%, despite the strides made by the Department of Water and Sanitation to eradicate water supply backlogs over the years.