GREETINGS!

As usual, we bring you a magazine packed with information you can use to improve your lives individually and as a country.

The focus of this edition is on the fabric of our society, "social cohesion". Much has been said, including by President Thabo Mbeki, about the gaps that still exist in our country between rich and poor; between people of different colours, cultures and languages; between young and old; men and women. In the pages of this magazine you will find issues that tell us how we can create a society that has a better balance of resources and how we can bring our different groups closer together.

There is also practical information that can be used to make life easier.

An article on our Public Protector tells you that there is someone you can go to if you have been unfairly treated or if your human rights have been stepped upon.

There is advice on how to improve your skills or get new skills; how you can use organic products we sometimes take for granted and create business opportunities - like our amadumbe story; and how you can join a stokvel to save enough to take your family on holiday.

Use this information to improve your lives, then pass it on to someone else.

The Editor