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Visa regime changes boost SA tourism

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Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille on Wednesday welcomed the Department of Home Affairs' significant progress made on the visa regime in recent months.

Spaza shops: Public warned against fronting

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With the deadline for the registration of spaza shop owners and other food handling facilities drawing closer, government has warned the public against fronting for business owners who do not possess the required documentation for trading.

PPE corruption-accused dismissed from Mpumalanga Public Works dept

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The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has welcomed the dismissal of an official from the Mpumalanga Department of Public Works, Roads, and Transport in connection with a fraud, corruption, theft, and money laundering scandal related to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Government to unveil energy investment instrument

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Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says the department has designed a private sector investment instrument to mobilise resources for modernising South Africa’s energy infrastructure.

Government amends regulations for PPPs

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The Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has amended the regulations of the Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), in an effort to deliver much-needed infrastructure, and ease pressure on stretched government finances.

President Ramaphosa assents the Plant Health Bill

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Plant Health Bill into law, introducing measures to combat plant pests that threaten domestic agriculture and could affect South Africa’s ability to export agricultural products.

Remains of 14 SANDF troops finally home 

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The remains of the 14 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers who died in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have finally returned home and will be handed over to their families this evening.