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GOVERNMENT BRINGS SERVICES CLOSER TO TSHWANE’S HOMELESS, RESTORING DIGNITY
By Sipho Ncube The Gauteng Department of Social Development makes sure that the most vulnerable people can access government services through targeted ...AMELIA MAKWAKWA RISES AGAINST THE ODDS, TRANSFORMING FROM COMMUNITY CAREGIVER TO MASTER BAKER
By Madali Chibambu Sowetan Amelia Makwakwa is a role model, showing others how skills development opportunities can change lives. For years, Makwakwa ...GOVERNMENT TO ROLL OUT SCHOOL-BASED ID APPLICATIONS TO PROTECT LEARNING TIME
By Sipho Ncube Government plans to deploy Home Affairs mobile trucks to schools to assist learners, particularly matric candidates, with ID applications. ...FROM ADVERSITY TO ACHIEVEMENT: CYCC GRADUATE CHARTS A NEW PATH
By Sibongile Mofokeng A young woman who entered a Child and Youth Care Centre (CYCC) as a child with behavioural challenges graduates ...CHILDREN SPEAK OUT ON ISSUES THAT MATTER
By Madali Chibambu More than 40 learners from Child and Youth Care Centres across Gauteng participated in a Children’s Dialogue aimed at ...MINISTER TOLASHE WELCOMES CABINET APPROVAL OF GOVERNMENT SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE STRATEGY
By Staff Writer Cabinet has approved the Government Sexual and Reproductive Justice Strategy for South Africa at its meeting on 25 February ...THE FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING MUST EXPAND BEYOND RESCUE TO PREVENTION
By Sipho Ncube Human trafficking – modern-day slavery – thrives on silence and desperation and will only be defeated through awareness, vigilance, ...SASSA DISMISSES FIVE OFFICIALS IMPLICATED IN FRAUD CASE AS JOHANNESBURG OFFICE RE-OPENS
By DSD Writer Following disciplinary processes, five South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) officials implicated in a fraud and corruption case at ...EPWP SOCIAL SECTOR CONFERENCE WRAPS UP WITH DIGITALISATION EMERGING AS A KEY ENABLER FOR CHANGE
By Nonhlakanipho Masola The Expanded Public Works Programme Social Sector Conference has concluded, having looked at how public employment programmes can continue ...GOVERNMENT TAKES SERVICES TO THE DOORSTEP OF ZOLA RESIDENTS
By Sibongile Mofokeng and Madali Chibambu Despite the rain, residents of Zola, Soweto, packed the local service point to access a range ...



















