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With the highest interest rates in a decade, many South Africans are feeling the pinch and are looking for ways of to make ends meet.

July is National Savings Month, the National Credit Regulator (NRC), an agency of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition responsible
for the regulation of the South African credit industry, offers tips that can help ease the burden of managing debt to insure a nation of savers.

Tips on managing debt during these tough economic times:

The Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) is encouraging community media broadcasters to apply for grant funding.

Community broadcast projects, including radio, television, and community print publications, as well as small commercial print are invited to apply.

Prince Yabo (24) is an urban ranger in Hillbrow situated at the Johannesburg central business district. Until March 2023, he spent the greater part of his day begging in the corner stores of the precinct.

This changed when he was given an opportunity to be part of the Urban Space Management (USM) initiative which cleans the streets of Hillbrow and aims to keep the area safe.

 “A lot of us were just on the corner stores hustling for money and not getting what we wanted,” he said.

Yabo has been part of the USM since April 2023.

Mandela Month

Undeterred by old age and spurred by her passion for vegetable farming, a Cape Town woman is greening open spaces in the city’s poor parts and feeding those less fortunate.

Aged 75, Christina Kaba is making a mark in townships across the Western Cape metro by introducing vegetable gardens that feed communities with homegrown produce.

Recent outbreaks of cholera in Hammanskraal in Gauteng and in the Free State have shown the vital importance of safe and effective water and waste water management.

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has launched an investigation into the possible source of the Cholera outbreak in the City of Tshwane and Ngwathe Local Municipality.

This came after 23 people died and dozens others were hospitalised in Hammanskraal (Tshwane) and in Parys (Ngwathe), in May, 2023.

The threat of unemployment and a passion for personal care led to the establishment of a venture with ambitions for global recognition.

Refusing to accept that unemployment was her fate when her contract expired in 2018, Kedibone Segole (28) resuscitated a life-long passion she one day hopes to grow into a global brand.

Youth Month

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition recently held a graduation ceremony for its Itukise Programme.

Youth Month

The Presidential Youth Employment Initiative (PYEI) has identified several priority interventions to accelerate pathways into the economy for young people over the next five years. 

The PYEI was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2022 as a multi-sector action plan directed at addressing South Africa’s youth unemployment challenge. 

Vuk’uzenzele Newspaper had the opportunity to engage young people through its Vuk Talks initiative which was set under the theme of encouraging the youth to join the artisanship sector.