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Farming sector compliance to come under spotlight

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The farming sector in the Sarah Baartman District, in the Eastern Cape, will come under the spotlight when inspectors from the Department of Employment and Labour conduct a blitz in the Addo and Kirkwood areas.

Planting trees mitigates climate change

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Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Makhotso Sotyu has encouraged South Africans to plant and conserve trees, emphasising their contribution to climate change mitigation.

Limpopo residents urged to use water sparingly

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The Department of Water and Sanitation has called on Limpopo residents to use water sparingly as dam levels in the province have been on a week on week “downward spiral”.

Petrol price increases

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Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, has announced a four cent increase in the price of both grades of petrol.

Register to rewrite your matric supplementary exams

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Candidates who registered to write this year’s matric May/June supplementary examinations but either missed, failed a subject, or want to improve their marks, have another chance to improve their results.

Close to 32 000 improperly benefit from SRD R350 grant

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The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has told the Select Committee on Health and Social Services that at least 31 955 people had improperly benefitted from government’s R350 Social Relief of Distress grant at a cost of about R11 million.

Ex-Transnet executive ordered to repay R26 million

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The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and Transnet have welcomed a Special Tribunal judgment ordering that the rail, port and pipeline company’s former executive pay back R26.4 million to the utilit

Bogopane-Zulu to launch Foetal Alcohol Syndrome campaign

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Social Development Deputy Minister, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, will today launch the 9-9-9 Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) campaign to educate communities about the dangers associated with drinking alcohol while pregnant and breastfeeding.

Departments mainstreaming gender issues

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Public Service and Administration Deputy Minister Dr Chana Pilane-Majake says 22 government departments have been submitting monthly reports on the implementation of the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF).