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R9bn investment on N2 Wild Coast Road Project to develop local communities

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R9bn investment on N2 Wild Coast Road Project to develop local communities: R9bn investment on N2 Wild Coast Road Project to develop local communities Lusikisiki, 23 February 2018: The R9 billion investment that the South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) has put aside for the green fields portion of the N2 Wild Coast Road Project in the Eastern Cape will go a long way in improving the lives of ordinary people in the Mpondoland area of the province, says SANRAL’s Craig … [Read more...] about R9bn investment on N2 Wild Coast Road Project to develop local communities

Sanitary towel drive benefits girls from impoverished communities

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Sanitary towel drive benefit girls from impoverished communities: Twenty-six grade eight learners from Ndzondelelo Senior Secondary School in Zwide, Port Elizabeth received a year’s supply of sanitary towels donated by the South African National Roads Agency Soc Ltd (SANRAL) Southern Region (SR) in partnership with Vukani Multi Sport Club (VMSC). Sanitary towel drive benefit girls from impoverished communities Port Elizabeth, 15 February 2018: The South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd … [Read more...] about Sanitary towel drive benefits girls from impoverished communities

Eastern Cape communities help to beautify national roads

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Eastern Cape communities help to beautify national roads: Bathandwa Ndondo Senior Secondary School, Mnxe Village, Cala, received the first prize of R1000 for their murals on the sides of a bus stop along the national route R410 between Lady Frere and Quiba in the Eastern Cape. Principal Busisiwe Sidumo-Gqweta (left), art teacher Sakhisizwe Ntwana visited one of the winning murals the learners painted. Some of the learners who painted the mural were (standing from left), Mthetho Matomela, … [Read more...] about Eastern Cape communities help to beautify national roads

Launch of the Healthy Schools for Healthy Communities project

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Launch of the Healthy Schools for Healthy Communities project: The success of the study Disease, Activity and Schoolchildren’s Health (DASH), a partnership between the University of Basel, Nelson Mandela University and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute has led to the launch of a follow up project Healthy Schools for Healthy Communities – the KaziBantu  project, funded by the Novartis Foundation. KaziBantu … [Read more...] about Launch of the Healthy Schools for Healthy Communities project

Rural communities fight unemployment

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Rural communities fight unemployment: ONGOING SUCCESS: Adéle’s Mohair near Fish River Mouth has been providing employment for rural communities for over 30 years. Here founder and Agri EC Adéle Cutten (left) and long-time employee Liz Dyakala (red shirt) inspect the team’s new uniforms. Photo: Supplied (Port Elizabeth) – With the agricultural sector shedding 44 000 jobs nationwide in the first quarter of this year alone, farming communities in the Eastern Cape are under increasing pressure to … [Read more...] about Rural communities fight unemployment

Minister Zwane to engage Northern Cape communities on shale gas development

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Minister Zwane to engage Northern Cape communities on shale gas development: Mineral Resources Minister, Mr Mosebenzi Zwane will on Thursday, 30 March 2017 hold an information-sharing session with interested and affected communities as well as organisations on the potential of shale gas development through hydraulic fracturing. The Minister and Department will engage communities on the impact of shale gas development on water resources, the environment and the economic potential to be derived … [Read more...] about Minister Zwane to engage Northern Cape communities on shale gas development

NMMU’s health truck brings hope to communities

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NMMU’s health truck brings hope to communities: The university’s School of Clinical Care Sciences runs its own health truck, called Zanempilo, which bears some similarities to the train mod- el, although on a much smaller scale. Zanempilo, which in Xhosa means “bringing health to the people”, is a mobile clinic that has consulting rooms and a mini-pharmacy, and sees about 40 people a day. Source: NMMU News Latest News. … [Read more...] about NMMU’s health truck brings hope to communities

Government calls communities to be on high alert as Tropical Cyclone Dineo lands in South Africa

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Government calls communities to be on high alert as Tropical Cyclone Dineo lands in South Africa: To many, the news an approaching Tropical Cyclone Dineo was unbelievable and to some it was not real until it made landfall last night in Inhambane, southern Mozambique. It was accompanied by strong winds exceeding 100km/hr as well as torrential rainfall and rough seas.  Now South Africa (Mpumalanga, Northern KZN and Limpopo) is bracing itself for the same devastating results as seen in … [Read more...] about Government calls communities to be on high alert as Tropical Cyclone Dineo lands in South Africa

President Zuma assures the Communities Affected by Floods that all Three Spheres of Government will work together to provide Support and Assistance

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President Zuma assures the Communities Affected by Floods that all Three Spheres of Government will work together to provide Support and Assistance: President Jacob Zuma has this afternoon assured the communities affected by floods that government will provide support and assistance. The President today visited Alexandra Township in Johannesburg to monitor the situation and assess the damage in the area following recent disastrous floods that caused damage to property and loss of life. … [Read more...] about President Zuma assures the Communities Affected by Floods that all Three Spheres of Government will work together to provide Support and Assistance

Bay’s €5-million Helenvale SPUU Project blueprint for other cities and communities in world

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Bay’s €5-million Helenvale SPUU Project blueprint for other cities and communities in world: FUTURE UNPACKED: Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor Athol Trollip, local Ward Councillor Pieter Hermaans and Gabriele Götz, KfW Development Bank Senior Project Manager attended the MBDA mid-term review workshop hosted at the Helenvale Resource Centre in Helenvale, Port Elizabeth. The Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA) on 1 September hosted a mid-term review workshop on the implementation of the … [Read more...] about Bay’s €5-million Helenvale SPUU Project blueprint for other cities and communities in world

What South African tech start-ups can do to improve rural communities

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What South African tech start-ups can do to improve rural communities by Port Elizabeth – MyPR: REALITIES OF POVERTY: Scott Zambonini, Enterprise Development Manager for Seda Nelson Mandela Bay ICT Incubator (SNII), shares his view on how tech start-ups can improve healthcare and education in rural communities. Port Elizabeth, 18 May 2016 – Approximately one third of South Africa’s population resides in rural areas where the realities of poverty, unemployment and the related social problems are … [Read more...] about What South African tech start-ups can do to improve rural communities

Renewable Energy produces more wins for black communities and business

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The Dorper Wind Farm, between Molteno and Sterkstroom, is one of the Eastern Cape’s 16 large-scale wind and solar projects. Black community and business participation in the Eastern Cape’s flourishing renewable energy sector is set to grow as supplier support initiatives pay off says the Eastern Cape Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism. The Department, which was hosting this quarter’s Provincial Eastern Cape Sustainable Energy Sector Forum with … [Read more...] about Renewable Energy produces more wins for black communities and business

Locally developed Tuse mesh network app

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Communities, schools, hospitals and other organisations may be able to communicate for free using standard wireless technology built into cellphones, laptops and other devices. They will be do so through an app developed and being refined by three Port Elizabeth-based Internet entrepreneurs who have been selected to take part in the Founders Space accelerator programme in San Francisco, which is ranked among the top 10 Silicon Valley technology incubators in the world by Forbes … [Read more...] about Locally developed Tuse mesh network app