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SAPS speaks out on use of force criticism

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Pretoria - The South African Police Service (SAPS) has come out in defense of it members after police were widely criticised for their excessive use of force by speakers at a conference.

SASSA embarks on improvement strategy

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Pretoria - Service delivery improvement and the development of a new payment model are among the initiatives to be implemented by the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) in the next five years.

AU calls for an inclusive govt in Libya

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Pretoria - The African Union (AU) has resolved that it will not recognize Libya's Transitional National Council (TNC) rebels, as the legitimate government in Tripoli.

Proposed 5% salary increase for Public Office Bearers

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Pretoria - The Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers has recommended an across-the-board 5 percept salary increase for all public office bearers - from the president, his cabinet, premiers, judges, magistrates, MECs, MPs, MPLs and traditional leaders, mayors to city and town councillors.

Dept to help pay for 25 000 students waiting to graduate

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Cape Town - The Department of Higher Education and Training is coming to the rescue of about 25 000 students from universities who have completed studies but are not able to graduate and get jobs because they have not finished paying student loans.

Municipal staff urged to donate to disaster victims

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Pretoria - EThekwini Municipality Mayor James Nxumalo has urged councillors, including municipal staff, and business of eThekwini to donate their old clothing and non-perishable food items to assist victims of fires and other disasters in the city.

Working together to address youth challenges

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Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has called on the South African Jewish board to help government as it tries to deal with the high unemployment rate, especially among the youth.

SA condemns Abuja bombing

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Pretoria - South Africa has conveyed condolences to the families of 18 people killed in a suicide blast at the United Nations (UN) building in Nigeria on Friday.

Population rises to 50.59 million

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Pretoria - The South African mid-year population rose to 50.59 million, up from 49.99 million in 2010, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Wednesday.

Mpumalanga promises to get rid of mud schools

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Mbombela - The Mpumalanga education department has budgeted R620 million to get rid of mud schools in the province, build extra classes, provide a school for pupils with special needs and refurbish dilapidating buildings.

Ngcobo no longer available for new term

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Pretoria - Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo has withdrawn his acceptance of the extension of his term of office, which expires in August, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe announced on Wednesday.

Bar set high for new councillors

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Pretoria - New local government councillors will have to hit the ground running as they prepare to take on the mammoth task of delivering services to South Africans, and improving the standard across the board.

SA eyes opportunities with Cuba

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Pretoria - South Africa and Cuba hope to push their bilateral and multilateral cooperation to the next level when they hold their 9th Joint Consultative Mechanism (JCM) this week.