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Call for extension to comments on the IRP

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Pretoria - Members of the National Stakeholder Advisory Council on Energy have called for an extension in the period in which the public can comment on the country's long term energy plan - the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2010.

North West premier to meet Lonmin management

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Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise will on Wednesday lead a delegation from the provincial government in talks with Lonmin management on the company's refinancing process, challenges and responsibilities post Marikana and the Lonmin Renewal Plan.

Modise shocked at Mahikeng granny's murder

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Pretoria - Perpetrators of violence against the vulnerable, particularly elderly women should have no place in society, North West Premier Thandi Modise said on Tuesday.

Compulsory education for inmates

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Pretoria - Correctional Services Minister S'bu Ndebele has announced that as from 1 April, it will be compulsory for inmates who do not have a qualification equivalent to Grade 9 to complete Adult Education and Training (ABET) level 1 to 4.

Festive season successes announced

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Johannesburg - A total of 45 111 people were arrested in Gauteng during the festive season for crimes ranging from robberies, rape, assault, kidnapping, attempted murder, murder, burglary at houses and business premises, drug related crimes, fraud and shoplifting.

Brakes slammed on errant drivers

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Pretoria - The new National Rolling Traffic Law Enforcement Plan (NREP), which became effective 1 October, has already started to register significant successes.

All systems go for matric exams

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Pretoria - Despite the recent teachers' strike and a long mid-year break due to the FIFA World Cup, it's all systems go for the final grade 12 examinations to kick off next week.

Table Mountain body identified

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Pretoria - Police have confirmed that the body found on Table Mountain, after an apparent suicide on Sunday night, was that of property developer Rob Taylor.

Govt, SANEF to meet

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Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will today meet with the South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) to examine relations between government and the media.

Festive season road deaths drop but "still too high"

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Pretoria - Despite a drop in fatal crashes on South Africa's roads this past festive season, authorities say the number of people killed on the country's roads every year remains unacceptably high.

Musina police bust railway thieves

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Polokwane - Musina police have made a major breakthrough following the arrest of five people who were found stealing steel supports from railway lines.

FNB banks Gauteng govt

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Pretoria - Banking group FNB has scooped the multibillion rand corporate account for the Gauteng province, Premier Nomvula Mokonyane announced on Tuesday.