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Calls for citizens to collect their smart ID cards

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Cape Town – Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has urged South Africans, who have not collected their green ID books and their smart ID cards, to do so to enable them to register to vote in the local government elections.

Thousands of youth test for HIV

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Pretoria - More than 175 000 young people tested for HIV in the year 2015, according to data from the First Things First programme.

Jobs for cash report finalised

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Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has received the final draft of the ‘Jobs for cash’ report from the Ministerial Task Team (MTT) and will share it with the relevant stakeholders and President Jacob Zuma before releasing it to the media and public.

Classes resume at UFS

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Pretoria – The office of the Free State Premier has welcomed the resumption of classes at the University of the Free State (UFS).

National plan to fight racism gains momentum

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Pretoria - Government has officially launched the draft National Action Plan to Combat Racism, Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in a consultative dialogue with key stakeholders, in Cape Town.

Skills development for disabled people in Upington

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Pretoria - The Department of Social Development will launch the Oasis Skills Development Centre to see to the educational and training needs for learners with multiple physical and mental disabilities in Upington, in the Northern Cape.

National Liquor Authority walk-in centre launched

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Pretoria - The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has launched the National Liquor Authority (NLA) walk-in centre and online case management system that will improve customer service and promote compliance within the liquor industry.

NDPP decision was rational: Presidency

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Pretoria - The North Gauteng High Court will today hear an application brought by the Democratic Alliance (DA) to review the 2009 decision to discontinue the prosecution of President Jacob Zuma.

British Airways adds to its fleet

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Pretoria – Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom on Monday officiated at the launch of a new Boeing Next Generation 737-800 aircraft, that will in the next few weeks enter Comair Limited’s British Airways fleet.

Destruction of national assets on campuses must stop

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Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande and Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko met with the leadership of SAPS at the University of Witwatersrand, on Monday, to agree on the urgent need to establish the rule of law at all institutions of higher learning in the country.