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Planning at advanced stage for Pres Inauguration

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Pretoria - With just ten days to go for South Africa's much anticipated Presidential Inauguration, plans are at an advanced stage with 18 Heads of State and Government already having confirmed their attendance.

IEC hands over list of MPs

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Johannesburg - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has handed over the list of designated Members of Parliament to Chief Justice Pius Langa.

Matric exams proceeding smoothly

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Pretoria - The Basic Education Department has expressed its satisfaction with the progress of 2010 National Senior Certificate examination, which so far recorded the least number of challenges.

Dept takes responsibility for poor sound

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Pretoria - The Department of Arts and Culture says it takes full responsibility for problems experienced with the sound system, which led to Freedom Day proceedings in Durban being disrupted on Monday.

Correctional Services Deputy Commissioner suspended

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Pretoria - Correctional Services Deputy Commissioner of Government Information Technology (GITO), Jack Shilubane, has been placed on precautionary suspension, the department confirmed on Wednesday.

Ekurhuleni welcomes SIU investigations

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Pretoria - The City of Ekurhuleni has welcomed investigation of mismanagement and maladministration at its council by the Special Investigation Unit (SIU).

MEC Tselapedi suspends four senior officials

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Mafikeng -The North West MEC for Basic Education Reverend Johannes Tselapedi on Thursday announced that four senior officials had been placed on precautionary suspension.

Application to set aside Simelane's appointment dismissed

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Pretoria -The North Gauteng High Court on Wednesday dismissed an application by the Democratic Alliance to set aside President Jacob Zuma's appointment of Advocate Menzi Simelane as the National Director of Public Prosecutions.

SANDF to host joint air symposium

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Pretoria - International air defence experts are expected to arrive in South Africa next week for the two-day South African Joint Air Defence Symposium (SAJADS) hosted by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).

NASA rocket impacts moon

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Washington - The United States Space Agency's (NASA) Centaur Rocket and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite impacted the moon twice in over four minutes on Friday in a search for hidden water ice.

32 families benefit from War Room on Poverty

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Malalane - Thirty-two Mpumalanga families received food parcels, school uniforms and were registered for social grants on Friday as the national War Room on Poverty campaign was launched in Malalane.