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Govt committed to zero deaths during initiation season

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Pretoria - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Deputy Minister Obed Bapela says South Africans must play their part in ensuring that initiation schools are safe and stick to the rules of the tradition.

Hawks reject claims of charges against Ministers

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Pretoria - The National Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), Lieutenant General Mthandazo Ntlemeza, says reports that corruption charges have been filed against three Ministers and the Gupta family are baseless.

Violence in Tshwane condemned

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Pretoria - Government has called on residents of Tshwane to refrain from acts of vandalism and destruction of property.

Government delivering on Nine-Point Plan

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Pretoria - Government is making steady progress in the implementation of the Nine-Point Plan to reignite growth and create jobs, the Presidency said on Monday.

SA marks World Refugee Day

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Pretoria – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says South Africa has had one of the most liberal asylum seeker management regimes in Africa.

SA checks its road user behaviour

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Pretoria - As part of ongoing efforts to support nationwide road safety activities, a road user behaviour colloquium has been convened in Pretoria.

Cocaine bust at OR Tambo

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Pretoria - Two suspects, who were found to have swallowed 91 cocaine bullets, have been arrested after disembarking at OR Tambo International Airport, said the South African Revenue Service (SARS).

Eskom's Ingula unit 1 synchronised

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Pretoria - Eskom has synchronised the last unit at Ingula power station in KwaZulu-Natal, which will add 333 megawatts to the national grid.

Fieldworkers to conduct health survey in households

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Pretoria - Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is urging the thousands of households which will be sampled in the South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2016 (SADHS 2016) to welcome fieldworkers into their homes.

Comments sought on plan to end racism

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Pretoria - The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD) has called on society to respond to the challenge of intolerance by making inputs to the Draft National Action Plan (NAP).

President to convene Labour Working Group

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Pretoria - The Presidential Labour Working Group is expected to meet this week to discuss matters relating to the economy, as well as other socio-economic issues.

Youth called to emulate the 1976 generation

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Pretoria – Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has called on young people to emulate the youth of 1976 in their desire for quality education in a non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous country.