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EPWP a success story

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Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma says the number of people in employment grew by approximately 60 percent between 1994 and 2013, thanks to the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), among other things.

South Africa is a success story

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Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma says South Africa has, compared with many emerging economies, a good story to tell, based on its achievements over the past 20 years of democracy.

Celebrating free, fair elections

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Pretoria - Since the first democratic elections in 1994, South Africa has had regular elections every five years.

Great improvements in access to healthcare services

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Pretoria – The advances made by the country in the treatment of HIV and Aids and TB have resulted in a dramatic improvement in health outcomes, among those, increased life expectancy and reduced infant and child mortality rates.

More South Africans in higher education

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Pretoria - Since 1994, the headcount enrolments at the country’s universities have approximately doubled to almost one million students.

SA's electricity sector has come a long way

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Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma says the growing South African economy and rising standards of living have resulted in increased demand for electricity infrastructure.

SA expanding its global footprint

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Pretoria - In just 20 years, South Africa has managed to reset and reconstruct its relations with the international community following 400 years of exclusion during colonialism and apartheid.

SA addressing racially skewed land ownership

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says the systematic dispossession of land under colonialism and apartheid has left South Africa with a highly skewed racial distribution in land ownership and agricultural production.