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Free tickets for CAF games up for grabs

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Pretoria - Free tickets to the 2010 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Women Championship will be available today at Computicket, Shoprite, Checkers and Checkers Hyper outlets countrywide.

Gordhan announces R174bil loan to Eskom

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Pretoria - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has announced a further guarantee of R174 billion to allow Eskom to complete the construction of the Medupi Power Station in Limpopo and the Kusile plant in Mpumalanga.

KZN health campaign on track - MEC

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Durban - The HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign is well on track to achieving its target, with more than 710 000 people having been tested for HIV in KwaZulu-Natal.

Bill aims to iron out election kinks

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Pretoria - Home Affairs Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma today welcomed the vote in the National Assembly, during which Members of Parliament adopted proposed amendments to the Municipal Electoral Amendment Bill.

Violent crime report to be made public

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Pretoria - South Africans will soon get a chance to comment on the Report on the Study on the Violent Nature of Crime in South Africa. Cabinet approved the report today, which it commissioned in 2007.

KZN health campaign on track - MEC

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Durban - The HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign is well on track to achieving its target, with more than 710 000 people having been tested for HIV in KwaZulu-Natal.

Zero tolerance against corruption

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Pretoria - Public Service and Administration Minister Richard Baloyi today urged society to be vigilant against corruption, warning that it was the single largest threat to good governance.

Education stakeholders pen way forward

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Pretoria - The Basic Education Department is hoping to identify the gaps to fill before implementing its Action Plan to 2014: Towards the Realisation of Schooling 2025.

Govt woos investors in renewable energy

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Upington - Investors are this week deliberating on a feasibility study into the creation of a mega solar park in Upington, where government envisages that some 5 000 MW of renewable energy could be produced.

SA boasts world class beaches

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Pretoria - Twenty seven South African beaches have achieved the Blue Flag status for excelling in safety, cleanliness, provision of amenities and maintenance of environmental standards.

Labour dept seeks to improve service delivery

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Pretoria – The Department of Labour has officially kicked off the first phase of its organisational review strategy, Project Shanduka, which is aimed at unlocking service delivery.

Coordination needed to fight corruption

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Pretoria - A lack of coordination, non-compliance and integration is hampering the effective rooting out of corruption in government departments, says the Public Service Commission.