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Silicosis fund to be established in April 2019

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A trust which will disburse funds for mine workers who contracted silicosis and tuberculosis is to be established in April 2019, says the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on the revitalisation of distressed mining communities.

SIU obtains clean audit

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The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has referred several investigations, valued at R2.7 billion, to court in the 2017/18 financial year, the organisation said on Wednesday.

Free State corp to investigate VBS investment

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The Free State Development Corporation (FDC) has announced it will launch an investigation into circumstances surrounding a R100 million investment into the troubled VBS Mutual Bank.

Parliament satisfied with SA’s preparations for COP 24

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Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs is satisfied with the country’s preparations for the 24th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 24) scheduled for December.

Dti workplace programme sustains jobs

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The Department of Trade and Industry has through the Workplace Challenge Programme (WPC) sustained over 50 000 jobs while a further 250 has been created over the last two decades.

Plan to stop burning of trains

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Government says it will no longer tolerate the destruction of property and infrastructure such as trains - calling this economic sabotage.

President studying SARS commission report

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has received an interim report of the Commission of Inquiry into Tax Administration and Governance by the South African Revenue Service (SARS).

Albertina Sisulu honoured

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There are many remarkable men and women upon whose shoulders our nation has been built. Their powerful contributions to our struggle for freedom charted the way for a country that belongs to all South Africans.

President Ramaphosa to address Health Summit

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President Cyril Ramaphosa will at the weekend lead a government delegation to the two-day Presidential Health Summit to deliberate and propose solutions to address the challenges facing the country’s health system.

African partner countries pleased with SKA progress

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Science and Technology Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane says the partner countries in the African Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network (AVN) projects are happy with progress that has been made to prepare for the construction of telescopes in their respective countries.

President Ramaphosa postpones travel to DRC

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has postponed his trip to the DRC on doctors’ advice to first recover from an upper respiratory tract infection before undertaking prolonged travel.

SA working towards zero hunger

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South Africa has joined the world in marking World Food Day to highlight the plight of millions of undernourished people in the world.

Intervention committee visits North West

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Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee, tasked with the Section 100 intervention in the North West, will today kick-off its oversight visits to the province.