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Reading for Redemption campaign taken to correctional centres

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Pretoria - As part of Heritage Month, Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele will on Monday officially launch the Reading for Redemption campaign and open an Integrated Resource Centre (IRC) at St Albans Correctional Centre in Nelson Mandela Bay.

SA children celebrate Literacy Day

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Pretoria - School children came out in their numbers to join in the celebrations of International Literacy Day held at the National Library of South Africa on Friday.

Gauteng in skills drive to boost infrastructure

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Johannesburg - The Gauteng provincial government is employing more than 200 new people with the necessary technical skills to deal with the province's infrastructure backlogs, it emerged on Sunday.

Condolences for E Cape horror crash victims' families

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Pretoria - The Eastern Cape MEC for Transport, Roads and Public Works, Thandiswa Marawu, has extended government's condolences to the families of those killed in the horrific bus crash on Saturday morning on the R61 between Cradock and Graaf Reinet.

Gauteng health dept warns job seekers of scam

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Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Health has warned members of the public of a scam by a man allegedly offering employment at the new Natalspruit Hospital in exchange for money.

Zuma attends SA-EU summit

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is to lead a government delegation to the 5th South Africa-European Union (SA-EU) Summit, scheduled to take place in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday.

All systems go for Annual National Assessments

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Pretoria - In less than 20 hours, more than seven million learners in Grades 1 to 6 and Grade 9 would be sitting for this year's Annual National Assessments (ANAs).

Gauteng to impose heavy fines on rabid dog owners

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Johannesburg - Owners of rabid dogs in Gauteng will receive heavy fines if their unvaccinated dogs bite people, the Gauteng Agriculture and Rural Development MEC Nandi Mayathula-Khoza has warned.

KZN seeks solutions to end taxi violence

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Pretoria - The KwaZulu-Natal government will hold an urgent provincial imbizo in a bid to address on-going instability in the taxi industry.

Denel, Airbus sign a new agreement

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Pretoria - Denel and Airbus Military have signed a new agreement with revised terms for manufacturing aircraft components on the A400M, in a development that will contribute significantly to the financial turnaround of the South African company.

President Zuma appeals for peace in Marikana

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has once again appealed for peace to return to the Marikana mining area in the North West following weeks of violent protests there that had claimed more than 44 lives.

Best wishes for learners ahead of ANAs

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Pretoria - Mpumalanga Education MEC Reginah Mhaule has extended her best wishes to learners in Grades 1 to 6 and 9, who will start writing their Annual National Assessments (ANAs) today.

North West acting premier condemns torching of property

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Pretoria - North West Acting Premier Louisa Mabe has appealed to communities to support and give interventions aimed at fast tracking the implementation of the local government turnaround strategy and ward-based planning a chance.

Most textbooks delivered in Limpopo, says dept

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Johannesburg - About 99% of textbooks have been delivered to Grade 10 learners in Limpopo with all textbooks delivered to Grades 1, 2 and 3, says the Department of Basic Education's Director-General, Bobby Soobryan.