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Plant indigenous trees

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Pretoria – As the country celebrates National Arbor Week, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has called on all South Africans to plant indigenous trees as a practical and symbolic gesture of sustainable environmental management.

Celebrate Heritage Month

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Pretoria - Government has encouraged South Africans and the people from the rest of the continent to participate in the Heritage Month activities.

Sea Institute needs more funds

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Pretoria – The Portfolio Committee on Transport has called on government to consider increasing the capacity of the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) by availing financial resources to the entity.

Solid waste company probed

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Pretoria - The Department of Environmental Affairs has confirmed that the Green Scorpions executed a search warrant at the Solid Waste Technologies’ City Deep processing facility.

Woolworths must be emulated

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Pretoria - The Department of Health has commended Woolworths for its decision to remove all sweets and chocolates from checkout queues.

No load shedding for 24 days

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Pretoria - Eskom does not anticipate that there will be a need to load shed today as the power system is currently stable following 24 days of no load shedding.

President appoints MDDA Board member

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed Neo Momodu as a member of the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) board for a period of three years, the Presidency said on Tuesday

Tributes pour in for Judge Skweyiya

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma and Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng have conveyed their condolences on the passing of retired Constitutional Court Judge Justice Thembile Skweyiya.

Preserve SA's living heritage

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Pretoria – South Africans have been called to play an active role in affirming, promoting and preserving its living heritage as part of the celebrations of national Heritage Month.

Test for diabetes, hypertension

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Pretoria - The Department of Health in collaboration with its private sector partners will during the months of September and November promote health screening services, specifically for diabetes and hypertension.

1200 officers deployed for Moria pilgrimage

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Pretoria – More than 1200 traffic officials will be deployed on all major roads in Limpopo as members of the Zion Christian Church head for the annual Moria pilgrimage.

Department ready for ANA, NSC exams

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Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education says it is ready to administer both the Annual National Assessment and the Grade 12 National Senior Certificate examinations for 2015.

Most popular names for babies in 2014

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Cape Town – Most male babies that were born in 2014 were named “Junior”, while parents named their newly born daughters “Iminathi”.