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Unemployment, poverty, inequality need attention

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Pretoria - As the ANC celebrates its 100 years of existence, President Jacob Zuma says the triple challenge of unemployment, poverty and inequality has been identified as needing attention.

Lekgotla takes stock of govt's progress

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Bela Bela - Government is satisfied with the progress made across its five key priority areas, namely health, education, rural development, job creation as well as safety and crime prevention, Collins Chabane, the Minister in the Presidency responsible for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation said on Friday.

Hard work earns orphan six distinctions

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Komatipoort - A Mpumalanga orphan who grew up in a child-headed family has proven that hard work pays off after producing six distinctions in the 2011 matric exams.

Mpuma floods leave taps dry

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Mbombela - Residents of Nsikazi outside Mbombela, Mpumalanga, were left without tap water this weekend after the raw water pumps along the Crocodile and Sabie Rivers were flooded during heavy rains.

Warship reports untrue - Sisulu

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Johannesburg - Defence and Military Veterans Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, has described allegations that South Africa was to procure a warship as wrong, unfair and unethical.

Guinea-Bissau President die

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has expressed his condolences to the government and people of Guinea-Bissau following the passing of its President Malam Bacai Sanha.

Eskom warns of rolling power cuts

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Pretoria - South Africans have been urged to use electricity sparingly and switch of all non-essential appliances as Eskom warns of possible electricity load-shedding that could last until March.

Parent killed in UJ stampede

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Pretoria - A parent was killed and at least 10 others injured on Tuesday morning when a stampede occurred outside the University of Johannesburg's Auckland Park campus.

Commercial activities in Nigeria grind to halt

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Lagos - Business activities in Nigeria have ground to a halt as the indefinite strike called by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and civil society groups began Monday, with banks, shops, offices, hospitals and markets closed.

Warning against buying land from bogus sellers

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Pretoria - Government has appealed to South Africans to refrain from buying land from bogus sellers as they will not only lose their money, but they could be evicted and charged for illegally occupying the land.

Police target bogus institutions

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Pretoria - Police will arrest anyone found running bogus educational institutions, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has warned.

Six dead in Mpuma floods

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Mbombela - The Mpumalanga provincial government has started mop-up operations and repairing damaged infrastructure after heavy rains wreaked havoc in the Lowveld last week.

Ndebele sets the record straight

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Pretoria - The silver BMW 5-series reported by the City Press to have run up a heap of traffic fines does not belong to Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele, his office said today.