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Lowered mining output in South Africa can be turned around through investment and employment, Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel told the Mining Indaba in Cape Town on Monday.

The Siyazama Project, featuring traditional beaded crafts from the Kwazulu-Natal hinterlands, has taken the art world by storm and is giving dignity back to those affected by Aids.
• HIV/Aids in South Africa

South African ICT entrepreneur and businesswoman Rapelang Rabana was a member of the first-ever delegation of young global shapers to the recently concluded World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
• Education goes mobile with Vodacom

We can and must act now to ensure the country's credibility among potential investors.

South Africa's new national HIV/Aids plan aims to drastically cut new infections by further extending antiretroviral treatment while tackling the epidemic together with TB and addressing related human rights and stigma issues.

A key aspect of South Africa's new National Development Plan, a blueprint for creating sustainable growth and development in the country over the next two decades, is its emphasis on active citizenry, says Brand South Africa CEO Miller Matola.

South Africa's National Development Plan, unveiled on Friday, seeks to create a "virtuous cycle of growth and development" by removing the most pressing constraints to investment and job creation in order to eliminate poverty and sharply reduce inequality in the country by 2030.

Nationalising South Africa's mines is neither government policy nor the policy of the ruling ANC, says Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu, adding that the government is committed to promoting the mining industry to achieve both industrial growth and social transformation.

South Africa's foreign policy is not dictated by other countries or lobby groups, but is guided by four strategic pillars and informed by the country's national interest, says President Jacob Zuma.

Having released its comprehensive diagnostic overview of the country, the National Planning Commission has begun public hearings across the country to get the views of South Africans on how to tackle the challenges raised in the document.