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KZN to release mid-year exam results

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Pretoria - About 150 examination centres in KwaZulu-Natal have been granted approval by Umalusi to release the 2014 mid-year Senior Certificate examination results, says the Department of Basic Education (DBE).

SA to lead observer missions to three SADC countries

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Pretoria – South Africa will, as the chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security, lead electoral observer missions to three countries.

Basic Education Committee visits Sterkspruit

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Pretoria - The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education is currently meeting education stakeholders in Sterkspruit, in the Eastern Cape, to assess the impact of Sadtu’s rejection of inspectors and district officials to schools.

Vandalism, theft deny citizens access to water

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Pretoria - The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation says the continuing vandalism and theft of valves, copper and transformers has a direct bearing on water shortages in many municipalities across South Africa.

SA, Brazil to expand tourism relations

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Pretoria - South Africa and Brazil have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which seeks to coordinate efforts for sustainable promotion and expansion of tourism relations between the two countries.

Labour investigates Boksburg worker’s death

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Pretoria – The Gauteng Department of Labour has launched an investigation into the death of a worker, who was crushed by a machine last Thursday at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition, in Boksburg,

To reclaim our streets, we need to pull together

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The passionate debate following the release of the annual South African Police Service (SAPS) crime statistics is indeed welcomed. Crime is our common foe; thus when every South African is concerned about crime and its negative effects we move a step closer to beating it.

Pro-poor policies move into action

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In 1994, government inherited a country with high levels of poverty and unemployment. These challenges regrettably persist even today largely due to the destructive effect of apartheid policies which had limited access to quality education and sought to restrict formal labour market participation for the majority of South Africans.

President Zuma: We need a reformed UN

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New York – President Jacob Zuma used his speech delivered at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday night to rally the world behind South Africa’s campaign to transform the United Nations Security Council and for Africa to have permanent seats in the council.

Government committed to accurately identifying S African remains

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Pretoria - Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe, has assured South Africans that government is committed to ensuring that the mortal remains of South African citizens, who lost their lives in Lagos, are accurately identified and brought home.

SA on track in achieving a common heritage

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Orkney - South Africa is heading towards the right direction of bridging the racial gap, where all people will be bound by a common diverse heritage, says Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Northern Cape Premier promotes Tell your Story Campaign

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Pretoria - Northern Cape Premier Sylvia Lucas says through sharing their stories, South Africans will realise that they all subscribe to the same basic set of values such as mutual respect, democracy, freedom, equality and justice.

NGOs move SA forward into digital world

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Pretoria - The Deputy Minister for National Planning, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Buti Manamela, says South Africa’s migration into digital terrestrial will be leveraged to promote local production of content, creating sustainable jobs and solutions, while in the process moving the country and Africa forward.