{"id":58669,"date":"2016-11-21T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T04:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/thusong-sentrum-vir-diens-20161116-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T00:10:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T22:10:28","slug":"thusong-sentrum-vir-diens-20161116-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/thusong-sentrum-vir-diens-20161116-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Thusong-sentrum vir diens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Die Thusong-dienssentrum in Laingsburg is gestig met net een doel: om mense te help en hul lewens te vergemaklik.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Schippers, die dienssentrum se bestuurder, s\u00ea hulle is \u2019n eenstopsentrum van waar plaaslike en provinsiale regerings, asook die nasionale regering en nie-regeringsdiensverskaffers hul dienste lewer aan die publiek. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOns is vanjaar verkies as een van die topdienssentrums in die land en het \u2019n bronsmedalje ontvang,\u201d spog Schippers. <\/p>\n<p>Die dienssentrum lewer die volgende dienste: jeugontwikkeling, arbeidsadvies, vaardigheidsopleiding, geboorteregistrasies, paspoortdokumente, identiteitsdokumente, vrouebemagtiging, besigheidsontwikkeling, regeringsinligting, kinder- en gesinsorg, pensioene en toelaes asook werkskeppingsprogramme. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOns het ook \u2019n speelpark waar kinders onder toesig kan speel terwyl hul ouers inkom na die sentrum toe. 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