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Investigation underway into illegal occupation of houses

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Pretoria – North West MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements, Collen Maine, has ordered an investigation and an end to the illegal occupation of the newly built low cost houses at Coligny, under the Ditsobotla Municipality.

Commuters reassured no disruptions to bus services

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Pretoria – Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport has reassured thousands of commuters in the Tshwane, Ekurhuleni and Sedibeng municipalities that they will not be affected by Putco bus service disruptions.

Youth to benefit from mobile project

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Pretoria – A partnership between the Department of Small Business Development and Eskom will see young people from Sasolburg and Port St Johns benefit from a programme which will provide mobile kiosks.

Education: Key to progress

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At the beginning of this year, President Jacob Zuma boldly declared 2015 as the Year of the Freedom Charter and Unity in Action. He called on all sectors of society to embrace the Freedom Charter; this year marks the 60th anniversary of the historic document, which was penned in Kliptown, Soweto, in 1955.

SALGA welcomes NERSA decision on Eskom

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Pretoria - The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has welcomed the decision by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) to reject Eskom’s selection re-opener application for a 25 percent increase in tariffs.

Youth participate in Water, Sanitation Summit

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Pretoria – Promoting water use efficiency and water quality management is taking centre stage at the annual Youth Water and Sanitation Summit currently underway in Boksburg.

PUTCO cancels services in parts of Gauteng

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Pretoria - The Public Utility Transport Corporation (Putco), which runs a bus service for thousands of commuters every day, on Monday announced plans to cancel its services in three Gauteng municipalities.

Deputy President dispatched to Lesotho

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Pretoria - Deputy President and SADC Facilitator Cyril Ramaphosa has been urgently sent to Lesotho to consult with Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili.

NERSA rejects Eskom's tariff hike request

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Pretoria - The National Energy Regulator (NERSA) has rejected Eskom’s selective reopener of the third Multi-Year Price Determination (MYPD3) Open Cycle Gas Turbines (OCGTs), which would have resulted in a total price increase of 25.3% for 2015/16.

DTT to provide opportunity to restructure SA's ICT

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Thohoyandou - The implementation of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) will provide great potential to restructure South Africa’s Information Communication and Technology (ICT) infrastructure as set out by the National Development Plan (NDP), says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi.