VUK'UZENZELE

As from April 2011, Vuk’uzenzele has taken on new look and will be published every month instead of every second month. Instead of its former A4 format, the printed version of Vuk’uzenzele is now published as a tabloid newspaper. It will still be full of news and advice on socio-economic opportunities created by government, and how to access these opportunities.

Government has committed itself to making a difference in the lives of people by addressing five key priority areas. They are education, safety and security, health, job creation and rural development.

Each issue of Vuk’uzenzele will carry information and news about government’s programmes relating to these priorities. It will include a special four-page supplement, called Employment News, which will address matters relating to job creation, careers and skills development. Among other things, it will also feature news on youth matters, international relations, events, advice and sport and recreation.
It has a print run of 1,7 million copies, which are distributed in all nine provinces, in large part door-to-door in deep rural, rural and peri-urban areas. It is published in all official languages, but the majority of the print-run is in English. It is also published in Braille for the visually impaired.

OUR TEAM

Publisher
Government Communications (GCIS)

Chief Executive Officer:
Government Communications (GCIS)
Jimmy Manyi

Editor in Chief
Vusi Mona

Editor
Tyrone Seale

Managing Editor
Dorris Simpson

Sub-editor
Louise van Niekerk
Design & Art Direction for Printed Magazine
Ntsiki Zungu-Mputamputa
Featured writers
Mbulelo Baloyi, Samona Murugan
Contributors
BuaNews
Photographic
GCIS Photography
Distribution
GCIS
Subscriptions
Mduduzi Shabangu
Office Administrator
Sekgabo Kedijang
012 314 2245

Dear Reader

Your new-look guide to a better life
You are holding in your hands the first edition of the new format Vuk’uzenzele. It will continue informing, educating and entertaining you like it did before, but in addition, it will now be issued every month to bring you more up-to-date news and information.

First issue
The first issue of Vuk’uzenzele magazine was published in October 2005. Until March 2011, it has been your guide to a better life. The new format Vuk’uzenzele is your new source of information on what government is doing to help you.

Government priorities
Government has committed itself to make a difference in the lives of people by addressing five key priority areas. They are education, safety and security, health, job creation and rural development.
Each issue of Vuk’uzenzele will carry information and news about government’s programmes relating to these priorities.
Employment and job creation issues will be addressed in our special Employment News supplement on pages 7 to 10.

Save it!
Winter is almost here and this usually means we use more electricity to keep warm. On page 2, we look at government’s major electricity-saving campaign, Save it! The campaign encourages all South Africans to adopt a national culture of energy-saving. So, please do your bit – be energy wise, “lift a finger” and switch off to save!
– The Editor