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Tshwane Metro to proceed with street name changes

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Pretoria - The Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality says it will continue with the process of changing street names following the ruling by the Northern Gauteng High Court in favour of the city allowing it to continue with street name changes.

Call for comments on NEEDU Bill

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Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education is inviting all education stakeholders to submit comments on the National Education Evaluation and Development Unit Bill (NEEDU), which was published for comment on 23 December 2011.

SA, Saudi Arabia to increase trade

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Pretoria - South Africa and Saudi Arabia have agreed to increase total trade between the two countries to a targeted R60 billion within the next five years.

NHI is a worldwide trend - Motsoaledi

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Universal health coverage is a worldwide phenomenon supported by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi reiterated on Tuesday when tabling his department's Budget Vote in Parliament.

Seda facilitates R300m worth of payments

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Pretoria - The Small Enterprise Development Agency's (Seda) Public Sector SMME Payment Assistance Hotline has facilitated R300 million worth of late payments on behalf of SMMEs for services rendered to public sector institutions.

Better life for EC rural community

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Pretoria - Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, says people in rural areas do not have to relocate to the cities in order to access a better life.

Dept to hire 10 000 providers to help orphans

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Cape Town - The Department of Social Development is looking to recruit 10 000 service providers over the next three years to help care for orphans, the Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini said on Wednesday.

Call to become involved in SGBs

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Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Education has called on parents and guardians to participate in the third-largest elections to fill over 30 000 School Governing Bodies (SGBs) memberships throughout the province.

SAFA clears the air on Afcon media reports

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The South African Football Association (Safa) has refuted media reports claiming that its President Kirsten Nematandani has been toppled as the chairperson of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) Local Organising Committee (LOC).

Trade conditions off to low start in January

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Pretoria - Trade conditions started off the year low, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) said in its January Trade Conditions Survey.

Gauteng police making progress in crime fight

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Pretoria - Visible policing, improved detective services, cooperation with communities and rooting out criminal elements within the police are just some of the ways in which Gauteng police are dealing a blow to crime.

SETAs to move closer to the people

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The Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) have been ordered to move their offices closer to Further Training and Education colleges, where they are needed.

SAFA President, officials suspended

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Pretoria - South African Football Association (Safa) President Kirsten Nematandani and four other officials have been put on suspension following a match fixing inquiry into four warm-up games involving Bafana Bafana before the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

New research chairs for varsities

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Pretoria - Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor has announced that a total of 60 new Research Chairs will be awarded to various institutions of higher learning across South Africa during the 2011/12 and 2013/14 Medium Term Expenditure Framework.

SA invites India to invest in infrastructure plan

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Pretoria - As part of efforts to deepen relations with India, South Africa has invited the Asian nation to invest in the country's massive infrastructure plan announced in the State of the Nation Address.