The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) recently handed over another shelter for gender-based violence (GBV) in the Free State, as government intensifies its efforts to curb the scourge.
DPWI Minister Patricia de Lille handed over the Koffiefontein building to Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu.
Justice and Correctional Services Deputy Minister, Nkosi Phathekile Holomisa, has launched a Gender Responsive Correctional Centre for incarcerated women in Atteridgeville, Pretoria.
According to the Department of Correctional Services, the centre will pay attention to “women’s special needs, including specific health care needs and guarantee a gender sensitive system of care”.
The biggest film festival ever to be staged in the Limpopo province is currently underway and will end on 4 March. 
Having started on 23 January, the Limpopo Next Gen Film Festival is the first ever province-wide distribution which aims to screen over 35 projects in about 150 venues across the province, free of charge.
Internationally renowned South African musician Maya Wegerif, affectionately known as Sho Madjozi, has released her debut children’s book titled “Shoma and the Stars.”
The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) has a 24-month-long Women Empowerment Programme (WEP) which it runs in collaboration with University of South Africa’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). 
Climate change has devastating impact on the lives of South Africans, Africans and the world. 
According to the United Nations (UN), climate change refers to long-term shifts in planetary temperatures and weather patterns.
Paul Masilo is one of the beneficiaries of the Chemical Industries Education & Training Authority’s (CHIETA) inaugural Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP), which is in partnership with the University of Johannesburg’s Business School and the not-for-profit chemical incubator Chemin.
He is part of the cohort that graduated from CHIETA’s inaugural Entrepreneurship EDP this year.
This initiative represents a R2 million investment in the programme and is part and parcel of CHIETA’s long-term vision to fund 2 000 young entrepreneurs by 2025.
Local Entrepreneur Paul Masilo (46) has proven the phrase “hard work pays off” to be true after he started and manufactured a mouthwash called Freshmo with no preparation or a chemical engineering background.
