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Gauteng tourists urged to get day pass for e-tolls

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Pretoria - The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) is urging tourists, who will be visiting Gauteng during the Easter long weekend, to get a day pass before using the provincial e-tolled roads.

Moving people, changing lives

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Pretoria – Learners with disabilities at Filadelfia Secondary School will be able to move more freely, thanks to assistive devices donated to the school on Wednesday.

Vocational learning with Swiss precision

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Pretoria – A partnership between South Africa and Switzerland will give Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college students the sought-after experience they need to do well in the workplace.

SARB fines country’s big banks

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Pretoria - The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has fined the country’s big four banks R125 million collectively, it said on Wednesday.

Security cluster visits hotspots ahead of elections

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Pretoria - The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) responsible for the national general elections will today visit KwaZulu-Natal, which has been identified as one of the “hotspots”, ahead of May 7.

Medical fitness key to aviation safety

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Pretoria – Transport Minister Dipuo Peters says the importance of driver fitness cannot be overstated, especially in the field of aviation where South Africa has a good track record.

Zimbabwe to roll out HPV vaccination

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Harare - Zimbabwe will start rolling out the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine to be administered to girls aged 10 in two districts of Marondera and Beitbridge from next month as a pilot project to reduce deaths from cervical cancer.

Presidency announces National Orders recipients

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Pretoria - From top athletes Caster Semenya, Lucas Sithole and Cameron van der Burg, businessman Ray Ackerman to activists and struggle stalwarts Dawid Kruiper, Frances Baard and Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa -- these are some of the names on the long list of South Africans and eminent persons who are the recipients of prestigious Presidential honours.

Mpumalanga gets ready for fire season

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Badplass – Mpumalanga province has positioned itself to respond during fire season by putting 50 fire fighters through a course on wildfire prevention strategies.

KZN govt, taxi associations sign pact

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Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Willies Mchunu, has signed a cooperation agreement with five associations operating in the Greater Newcastle region, to address disputes over routes and safeguard the lives of taxi operators and commuters.