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Description: The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) was established in 2009 when the former Department of Education was divided into two sections: Basic Education and Higher Education and Training. DHET Mandate: The mandate of the new Department included aspects of skills development which had previously resided in the Department of Labour. The new Department was specifically established to focus on Read more...
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Description: The Department of Home Affairs offers a multitude of services to the citizens of South Africa, as well as foreigners who wish to visit, work or stay in South Africa. The Department’s core functions are: Civic Services Immigration Maintaining the National Population Register (NPR) Managing the birth, marriage and death records Determining and granting citizenship Issuing travel documents and passports Read more...
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Description:The Department came into being in 1994 after the dawn of democracy. Its roots can be traced back to 1956 when the Freedom Charter was adopted in Kliptown. The clause that says: There shall be houses, security and comfort is the founding base for the department. Also the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (1996) state that access to Read more...
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Description: Vision The Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s (DIRCO) vision is championing an African continent, which is prosperous, peaceful, democratic, non-racial, non-sexist and united and which aspires to a world that is just and equitable. Mission DIRCO’s mission is to formulate, coordinate, implement and manage South Africa’s foreign policy and international relations programmes, promote South Africa’s national interest and Read more...
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Description: The vision of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development DOJ&CD) is a transformed and accessible justice system that promotes and protects social justice and the rule of law. The Department’s main strategic goals are to: enhance organisational performance on all aspects of administration in line with set standards, and meeting and exceeding the needs and aspirations of key stakeholders; Read more...