The City of Cape Town has won the Impumelelo Innovation Award for setting up community-based tourism initiatives by allocating R6 million towards skills development and job creation.

Joburg's launch of the first municipal bond under new legislation received an overwhelmingly positive response from the market as investors jostled to get a piece of the cake on Tuesday and was hailed as an "historic moment for the City of Johannesburg".

A project set up by the government last year, which led to the formation of two Section 21 companies, has resulted in more than 400 Soweto families receiving title deeds to their homes.

East London and King Williams Town are among several areas earmarked by the Eastern Cape Department of Education as part of the "Connect Eastern Cape" campaign to provide computer skills to school pupils.

The US government has announced a R19 million investment towards expanding South Africa's televised HIV and AIDS education as part of US President George Bush's emergency plan for global AIDS relief.

Gauteng Development Planning and Local Government MEC Trevor Fowler has launched a R18 million project to provide clean water and proper sanitation to some communities on the East Rand, including Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Council.

The Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, has launched the first municipal court in Pretoria to deal with traffic offenses and infringemens of by-laws and other municipal legislation.

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