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Programme to open the way for youth in Jozi

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Pretoria – Johannesburg Mayor Parks Tau has launched the Vulindlel’ eJozi Programme, an innovative youth employment accelerator aimed at providing opportunities for at least 200 000 youth in the City by 2016.

Human Settlements to empower contractors

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Pretoria - Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says contractors in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality will receive training to make sure that they graduate from being small to established contractors.

SA keen to meet UN goals on water

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Since time immemorial humankind has had a special relationship with water. Its life-giving essence has been the foundation for all development. Great civilizations have been built around water and in the future wars may well be fought over it.

No load shedding currently: Eskom

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Pretoria - There is currently no planned load shedding today as power parastatal Eskom has enough generating capacity to meet electricity demand.

Burundi elections postponed, opposition disappointed

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Bujumbura - A summit of East African leaders over the Burundi crisis has urged a postponement of the country's elections, with the opposition "disappointed" as the issue of whether President Pierre Nkurunziza should run for a third term was not discussed.

Six judicial vacancies filled

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed six judges to some of the superior courts of South Africa.

Five former political detainees back in S Sudan

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Pretoria - Five top Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) former detainees are back home after an absence from December 2013, rising hope that a peace deal is edging closer to fruition.

SA making strides in youth development: Minister

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Soweto - South Africa has made enormous strides in youth development over the past two decades, said Minister in the Presidency responsible for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe.

We owe it to Mama Ruth to build on the sacrifices she made

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Since the beginning of time every generation has been given the opportunity to carve its legacy into the annals of time. South Africa is home to the inspiring legacy of OR Tambo, Walter Sisulu, Nelson Mandela and countless others.

NYDA spends R29m on small businesses

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Soweto - The National Youth Development Fund (NYDA) spent R29 million on micro and small youth-owned enterprises through its Business Grant Programme, last year.

SA ready to host World Forestry Congress

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Pretoria - South Africa is set to host a world class congress in the forestry sector in September which will look into improving the future of the sector in the world and South Africa.

Eskom, Group Executive part ways

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Pretoria - Eskom and its Group Executive for Group Capital Dan Morokane have mutually agreed to part ways on an amicable basis, the power parastatal said.