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Pres Zuma congratulates MTN-Qhubeka cycling team

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated South Africa’s nine-man MTN-Qhubeka Cycling Team – the first African professional cycling team to participate in the Tour de France’s 112-year history.

Deputy Minister to Walk the Talk for girls

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Pretoria - Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, Youth Development as well as Administration, Buti Manamela will on Sunday participate in the 702 Walk the Talk.

295 cash and carry entities involved in tax fraud

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Pretoria - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) says it has identified extensive non-compliance within the formal and informal cash merchants environment, which includes merchants in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) wholesale and retail industry.

MEC Lesufi condemns disruption of schooling

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Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi has condemned in the strongest terms the disruption of schooling caused by members of the Congress of South African Students (Cosas) in Soweto and Mamelodi.

Milestone land claims settlement signed in KZN

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Pretoria – A significant milestone has been reached in the settlement of the land claims lodged by the Mkhuzane and the Nodunga communities on properties previously owned by Mondi (Pty) Ltd.

Minister welcomes lifting of SAA embargo

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Pretoria - Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has welcomed the lifting of an embargo which prevented the transportation of legally acquired hunting trophies of the African lion, African elephant, rhinoceros and tiger.

Urgent steps taken to address sewage spillage

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Pretoria – The Department of Water and Sanitation and the City of Tshwane have decided to take immediate steps to address the recurring problem of sewage spillage at Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Works in Pretoria.

Eskom: Power system stable

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Pretoria – The power system is currently stable and Eskom will be able to perform maintenance on a power station unit without implementing load shedding, the power utility said on Thursday morning.

Tax bills published for public comment

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Pretoria – National Treasury has published for public comment two tax bills which provide the legislative amendments required to implement most of the tax proposals that were announced in the 2015 Budget in February.

SARS unveils high-tech cargo container scanner

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Cape Town – The launch of a high-tech cargo container scanner is an “end game” for the trade of illicit goods, says South African Revenue Service (SARS) Commissioner Tom Moyane.