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Social sector aims for more jobs through EPWP

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Pretoria - Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says Phase 3 of the Expanded Public Work Programme (EPWP) Social Sector must aim high and work harder towards increasing the current set targets for work opportunities.

Minister Nene to unpack spending for 2015

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Pretoria – Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene will this afternoon table the 2015 National Budget, outlining how government will finance its programme of action for the year ahead.

Post office working towards stability

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Pretoria – Unions linked to the SA Post Office (Sapo) have committed to support the administration technical team to deliver on its mandate of stabilising the organisation and turning the company around.

SA, Switzerland recommit to strengthen relations

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Pretoria – South Africa and Switzerland have recommitted to strengthen relations, with much focus on vocational training and skills development, says International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Luwellyn Landers.

KZN municipalities urged to stop hiring consultants

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Pretoria – KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has urged municipalities to stop hiring consultants to prepare municipal financial statements.

New measures to support SMMEs

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Cape Town – Government has set aside 30% of all government contracts to support small businesses and co-operatives in a bid to boost township and rural economies.

Apartheid victims called to apply for education assistance

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Pretoria - The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is extending the closing date for education assistance applications of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)-identified victims of apartheid to 31 March 2015.

Planned water outage underway in Emalahleni

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Pretoria - The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has urged communities in Emalahleni to use water sparingly over the next two weeks as a planned water outage gets underway.

Electricity war room focused on keeping the lights on

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Cape Town – The “electricity war room” is focusing all its energy towards implementing government’s five-point plan, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti said on Tuesday.