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The Gauteng government has spelt out a number of plans to create 600 000 jobs in the next two years and to boost township economies.

Gauteng MEC for Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Agriculture Lebogang Maile unveiled his department’s 2017/2018 budget recently. It spells out plans to grow township and rural Gauteng economies through public procurement and grow the province’s knowledge-based economy.

A grassroots approach to HIV and TB is making a real difference in an impoverished Western Cape community.

The Eastern Cape Office of the Premier and the Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (ECRDAR) pledged about R60 million to boost youth-focused agricultural initiatives in the province.

A number of initiatives are under way in the Eastern Cape to end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and upskill communities.

Fifteen small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs) from across the Free State were recently given an opportunity to showcase their businesses in front of potential private sector investors and government agencies. 

Siblings shatter perceptions about rural economies by establishing a thriving toilet paper factory in a small Eastern Cape village.

South Africa prides itself on being a country with a renowned democratic culture of engagement and negotiation.

South Africans pride themselves on robust and healthy debate, critical dialogue and exchange and a history of resolving seemingly intractable problems by coming together as one nation towards a common goal.

Small-scale farmers and small business have been given a shot in the arm by a newly launched programme in KwaZulu-Natal. Operation Vula will boost local economies through the buying power of the provincial government.

International relations / Africa news

A recent Department of Trade and Industry mission to East Africa has helped put South African exporters in contact with exciting new markets.

International relations / Africa news

The recently concluded 10th Binational Commission (BNC) between South Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) helped to further strengthen ties between the two countries.