The Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) has handed over R2 975 000 to the Eden District Sports Council in Knysna to promote sports developments at a grassroots level in the area.
As many as one in eight South Africans have some form of kidney disease, with potentially fatal kidney disorders occurring three to four times more often in the African population.
The Western Cape Vredenburg Provincial Hospital’s new dialysis clinic is set to save many lives as the community and patients from surrounding areas no longer have to travel weekly to Groote Schuur Hospital to receive treatment for kidney disease.
Silokotho Primary Co-operative in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal, is one of the successful entities that used its National Development Agency (NDA) grant to grow its business.
This is according to the Minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu, who visited the co-operative recently.
Social Development Minister, Lindiwe Zulu, has been appointed as a champion for a global and diverse movement driving change to ensure that every woman, girl and young person has the right to make decisions concerning their bodies, lives and future.
The SheDecides movement brings together government, civil society, media and donors to stand up and to speak out for bodily autonomy, and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Government has welcomed the lengthy prison sentences handed to two former City of Ekurhuleni employees, who were involved in a corrupt Information Technology tender.
Nilesh Singh and Andrew Mphusomadi, along with businessman Veloro Davids, were recently sentenced by the Pretoria Commercial Crime Court.
Motorists who applied for a new or renewal driver’s licence card or professional driving permit (PrDP) between October and December last year are being urged to collect them.
According to the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), only 42% of the 32 748 driver’s licence cards produced during this time have been collected.
Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula opened the RTMC licensing centres in Midrand and Eco Park last year, in response to the backlog of expired driver’s licences due to COVID-19.
Being one of the country’s first veterinary nurse graduates is a dream come true for Randburg resident Phumelela Mthimkhulu (21), who has been passionate about animals since she was a child.
Mthimkhulu recently graduated from the University of Pretoria (UP), the only veterinary training facility in SA, with a Bachelor of Veterinary Nursing degree.
“It’s crazy to wrap my head around. To know that I was part of the first class to do the bachelor’s degree, which has been years in the making, is an honour.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured the communities of the Gert Sibande District Municipality in Mpumalanga that all three spheres of government are hard at work to resolve their challenges and issues.
He was speaking during the Presidential Imbizo held in the town recently which was preceded by an engagement with business people.
The imbizo is a platform for community members to raise all of their challenges to government leaders including ministers, deputy ministers, provincial leaders and local government leaders led by the president.
Government departments continued to table their 2022/23 financial year budget votes recently, Vuk’uzenzele shares some highlights.
Social development
Of the Department of Social Development’s R257 billion budget, R248 billion will be spent on over 18 million social grants, said Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu.
In addition, R44 billion has been allocated for the extension of the Special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress grant for one year ending in March 2023.