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Youth called to register for elections

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Pretoria - Musa Canga, a 21-year-old South African, has encouraged his peers to participate in the 2016 Local Government Elections, to realise transformation and improve service delivery in their communities.

Groundwater an option to current water crisis

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Pretoria - South Africans must consider using groundwater on a grand scale to augment the fast diminishing surface water, says Director General of the Department of Water and Sanitation, Margaret-Ann Diedricks.

Call to end violence based on sexual orientation

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Pretoria - Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Michael Masutha has called on African communities to do more to protect people from high levels of violence, regardless of their sexual orientation.

New council to transform defence industry

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Pretoria - Government has launched the National Defence Industry Council (NDIC), which will help support and preserve the country’s defence industry as a national asset.

Gender commission welcomes Pistorius ruling

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Pretoria - The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has welcomed Thursday’s decision by the Constitutional Court to dismiss Oscar Pistorius’s leave to appeal his conviction.

Government Segmentation Model to enhance communication

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Pretoria – The Government Communication and Information System’s (GCIS) Government Segmentation Model will help communicators better understand their target audiences and ensure that the intended messages reach home.

Minister to check success of STBs in SKA area

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Pretoria - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi’s visit to the Northern Cape on Friday will give her insight into the challenges and solutions needed in the first batch of subsidised set top boxes (STBs), which she saw installed in the area last December.

Register to vote this weekend

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Pretoria – On the eve of the 2016 Local Government Elections voter registration weekend, the Independent Electoral Commission says it hopes that at least one million new voters will register to make their mark before the voter’s roll closes.

Electoral Commission ready for registration weekend

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Pretoria – It’s all systems go for the registration weekend and the Electoral Commission says all eligible voters must come out in their numbers to register ahead of the 2016 Local Government Elections.

Cabinet condemns violent student protests

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Pretoria – Cabinet has condemned the violent student protests which have disrupted studies at some universities and led to the destruction of property.