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Public Protector welcomes portfolio committee's support

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Pretoria - Public Protector Advocate Thuli Madonsela has welcomed the decision of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development to engage with her following the recent visit by two counter intelligence officials from the South African Police Service to her office.

SA to remember 1976 heroes and heroines

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Pretoria - Thousands of South Africans will on Tuesday commemorate Youth Day in recognition of the brave youths who on 16 June 1976 stood up against the apartheid government's Bantu Education laws.

President Zuma officially launches NYDA

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Ekurhuleni - President Jacob Zuma has officially launched the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) which aims to advance the economic development of young people.

Schools debate project to promote govt activities

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Pretoria - Youth from all corners of the country are to be encouraged to actively engage in the government's programmes and policies through the Sanlam-GCIS SoNa National School debate.

NSF slammed for funding fly-by-night colleges

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Cape Town - Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Higher Education has called on the National Skills Fund (NSF) not to spend millions of rands funding service providers who give youth worthless short-term course certificates which don't help them find jobs.

Condolences for fallen soldiers’ families

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Pretoria – International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has sent condolences to the families of the soldiers who were killed in the Central African Republic (CAR).

Minister commends chief over land transfer

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Giyani - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Richard Baloyi has witnessed the signing of an agreement that will see the Giyani local municipality in Limpopo using tribal land to develop the area.