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Serving communities better

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Johannesburg - The Presidential Local Government Summit, which kicks off tomorrow, is expected to build on successes and redress failures of the past in all 278 South African municipalities.

Tighter rules on public servants’ ethics

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Cape Town – The Department of Public Service and Administration has announced that stiffer rules are being introduced to tighten the management of ethics and integrity in government.

GCIS amongst top performing departments

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Cape Town – Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) was amongst the state organs that were mentioned for the quality of their management practices across the national and provincial spheres.

School build programme on track in E Cape

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Pretoria - Sixty infrastructure programmes have been completed in a year in the Eastern Cape, as part of government’s programme to transform the education sector by providing decent school facilities.

Ozone layer showing signs of recovery

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Pretoria - The ozone layer was showing positive signs of recovery, a report presented by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) said.

Public Works on the road to recovery

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Pretoria - The Department of Public Works says it has reached important milestones in its annual performance targets in the first quarter of the 2014/15 financial year.

International observers arrive in Mozambique

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Maputo - Invited international military observers arrived in Maputo on Tuesday ahead of the implementation of the agreement to end military hostilities between the Mozambican government and the former rebel movement Renamo.

South Africa in mourning

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Pretoria – The nation is mourning the death of 67 South Africans, who died after a building belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria, collapsed.

SABC loan paid in full: Minister Muthambi

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Pretoria - The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has fully paid its government guarantee loan granted in 2009 following its financial woes, says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi.

SA learners start Annual National Assessments

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Pretoria - More than 6.8 million learners in Grades 1 to 6 and Grade 9 across South Africa started writing the third Annual National Assessments (ANA) on Tuesday, to determine their levels of competency in Literacy and Numeracy.

It's "back to basics" for local government

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Cape Town – Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin Gordhan says local government needs to go “back to basics” in order to improve on the delivery of services to citizens.