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Coromandel farm in Mpumalanga is showing the world that South African farmworkers can take over a large commercial estate and run it profitably - and get along with established local farmers.

In a bid to halt farm evictions in South Africa, the government is to propose legislation giving farmworkers tenure security. The Department of Housing wants to break the link between workers' employment contracts and their right to reside on farms.

Cape Town's Nobel Square, set to open on 16 December, when South Africa celebrates Reconciliation Day, will commemorate the achievements of the country's four Nobel Peace laureates.

The Limpopo government has launched a 24-hour anti-fraud hotline to help whistleblowers report crime and corruption in the province's administration.

A new housing project has been launched in Ga-Rankuwa to build 850 new dwellings, part of a programme to make the township the first in South Africa to be free of squatter camps.

The government has introduced a draft health charter aimed at improving healthcare and raising black economic empowerment in the sector. The state currently spends R33.2-billion on healthcare for 38-million people, while private healthcare costs R43-billion for 7-million people.

South Africa's new immigration regulations are designed to attract the foreign skills and investment needed for economic growth. They also reflect SA's commitment to human rights and the security of those living within the country's borders.

Former education minister Kader Asmal has been appointed president of the international Financial Action Task Force, which fights money laundering across the world.

The Western Cape's RED Door initiative for developing small business in the province has grown to 10 centres - including one mobile centre - that offer budding entrepreneurs a range of services to help them get new businesses off the ground.

Hot on the heels of Barclays Bank's R33-billion offer for Absa and General Motors' R18-billion contract for South Africa to manufacture its new Hummer, the Coega project - the biggest infrastructure development in SA since democracy - has secured a R200-million investment from Belgian-owned Sander International Textiles.