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Treasury favours free sanitary products

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Cape Town – National Treasury has told members of Parliament that instead of exempting a VAT tax on sanitary pads, government departments should budget for them and give them away to members of the public, including schools, for free.

Visit your heritage sites this month

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Cape Town – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans to use the month of September, which is known as Heritage Month, to visit places like museums and other monuments to learn about the country’s rich history and heritage.

Non-payment of invoices a financial misconduct

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Cape Town – Deputy Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Buti Manamela, says a failure to pay invoices within 30 days is a financial misconduct.

Eskom to engage Moody’s

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Pretoria - Eskom has noted concerns raised by rating agency Moody’s Investor Services to place the electricity utility’s Ba1 senior unsecured and (P)Ba1 senior unsecured medium-term note (MTN) ratings on credit review.

Presidency clarifies aircraft claims

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Pretoria - The Presidency has reiterated that it prefers to use aircraft within the South African Air Force (SAAF) fleet to transport the President and Deputy President of the country.

Tshwane to impose water restrictions

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Pretoria - The City of Tshwane has joined the City of Johannesburg in implementing the water restrictions to manage water shortages due to drought, heat waves and other seasonal changes.

Digital migration well on track

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Pretoria – Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says the broadcasting digital migration project is well on track, with more than 30 000 indigent households in the Northern Cape, Free State, Mpumalanga and Limpopo having registered with the South African Post Office to receive set-top boxes (STBs).

R300m to upgrade waste water treatment plants

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Pretoria - The Department of Water and Sanitation has set aside more than R300 million to upgrade 26 dysfunctional waste water treatment plants in parts of Gauteng and the Free State.