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T Gwanya: Social Cluster directors-general media briefing

The Department of Land Affairs has streamlined its policies and programmes to ensure that land reform programme makes direct and positive impact on the lives of the land reform beneficiaries reduce poverty and contribute towards our collective war against poverty. To align land reform to the increasing land prices and ensure that the increasing land prices do not continue to be a barrier for our primary land reform target beneficiaries access to use and ownership of land in line with our ... [highlighted result]

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Environmental Affairs and Tourism on Social Cluster Directors-General media briefing

Working for the coast * rehabilitation of coastal dunes and estuaries * cleaning up of beaches and upgrading of tourist facilities * development and upgrade tourism infrastructure of tourism infrastructure along the coast. Working for tourism * support the development of viable tourism products * create opportunities to increase small, medium and micro enterprises (SMME) involvement in the tourism industry * develop and upgrade tourism infrastructure * create tourism routes and establish ... [highlighted result]

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Social Cluster Directors-General media briefing on Urban and Rural Development Poverty Nodes

All urban nodes now have access to the Neighbourhood Development Partnership Grant with the exception of Alexandra. A total amount of R987 575 780.00 and R34 925 000.00 has been allocated for Capital Grant and Technical Assistance respectively. * Integration and Planning (Integrated Development Planning [IDP], Provincial Growth Development Strategy [PGDS], National Spatial Development Perspective [NSDP]), the governance and institutional challenges at local municipal levels have impacted ... [highlighted result]

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Agriculture on Social cluster Directors-General media briefing

In the short term, through the Interministerial Committee (IMC) we have reviewed the expansion of the Integrated Food Security and Nutrition Programme (IFSNP), the expansion of the Household food Production Programme, the expansion of the school feeding programme to include nursery schools, adapting the current system of social grants to the current crisis, working with humanitarian and church based organisations for food distribution and co-ordinating donations. Furthermore, the committee ... [highlighted result]

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Education on Social Cluster Directors-General media briefing

* 13 000 schools were supplied with reading books * 2 700 schools were supplied with numeracy, maths and science kits * Teachers from 3 000 schools were trained on a variety of skills including how to teach reading and maths, how to assess learners correctly; and how to use resources provided to the maximum benefit of learners * 1 025 schools received 1 500 reading toolkits for teachers, which provide teachers with tools to teach reading * 300 schools were renovated, fenced or received grade ... [highlighted result]

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Housing on Social Cluster Directors-General media briefing

The establishment of the Social Housing Regulatory Authority is now imminent as the Social Housing Bill was approved and passed by both houses of Parliament. The Social Housing Regulatory Authority is an agency aimed at improving the functioning of the Social Housing sector. Consistent with the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan for the Development of Sustainable Human Settlements, the Housing Development Agency will also be established shortly to assist provinces and municipalities with ... [highlighted result]

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M Moroka: Social Cluster Directors-General media briefing

As part of its commitment to contribute to growth and development, government through the Department of Public Works has since 2004 led the formulation and implementation of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP). The launch of the National Infrastructure Maintenance Strategy (NIMS) earlier in 2008 for the improvement of the conditions of government-owned buildings will ameliorate public service delivery and compliment the skills development component of the EPWP. National infrastructure ... [highlighted result]

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T Mseleku: Social Cluster Directors-General media briefing

Rather, as Director-General of the Department of Health and co-chair of the Cluster, I will concentrate on a few issues that relate or affect the Department and paint a picture of the progress that we are making. On the weekend of 29 August this year we placed (as Department of Health) on our website the report on the results of the 2007 National HIV and Syphilis Antenatal Prevalence Survey conducted a little under a year ago. Let me, however, take this opportunity to draw everyone's ... [highlighted result]

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Government to brief media on Social Cluster Programme of Action, 17 Sept

The Directors-General of the Social Cluster will brief the media on progress made with regards to the cluster's contribution to the Programme of Action (POA). The briefing, the second of the year by the Directors-General, will provide an in-depth report on the work of the cluster. NB: There will be a link up to the Imbizo Media Centre, 120 Plein Street, Cape Town. [highlighted result]

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