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Motlanthe invites Germany to invest in SA's infrastructure

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Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe opened the 7th South Africa - Germany Bi-National Commission in Berlin on Tuesday by extending an invitation to the European nation to invest in South Africa's massive state-led infrastructure drive.

Arrests over irregular leases imminent - Nxesi

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Cape Town - Arrests of several government officials suspected of defrauding the state of millions of rands through the signing of irregular leases were imminent, the Minister of Public Works Thulas Nxesi said on Tuesday.

Mthethwa opens 10111 Command Centre

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Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has opened the Mangaung 10111 Command Centre in a bid to bridge the gap between victims of crime and the police.

MEC Mahlangu condemns behaviour of NYS protesters

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Johannesburg - Gauteng's MEC for Infrastructure Development, Qedani Mahlangu, has lambasted the behaviour of some National Youth Service (NYS) recruits who this week held employees at the department's headquarters hostage for several hours.

Gauteng health puts George Mukhari Hospital high on agenda

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Pretoria - Gauteng Health MEC Hope Papo has reassured staff at George Mukhari Academic Hospital that the institution has not fallen off the department's radar, and that officials were committed to giving the hospital the necessary attention it needed in order to keep serving the public.

Eight nabbed in Duduza crime blitz

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Pretoria - Duduza police have nabbed eight suspects during an anti-crime awareness campaign aimed at mobilising the community against crime over the festive season period.

Basic Education welcomes reports on maths, science performance

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Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education says it acknowledges and welcomes the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) reports by the Human Sciences Research Council.

IMF urges Eurozone to contain crisis

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Washington - The euro area should take more steps to check the debt crisis, as the global recovery continued to be threatened by strains in the region and fragility elsewhere, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday.

UIF, Compensation Fund helps firms create thousands of jobs

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Cape Town - Government is making billions of rands off the reserves it has locked up in the Compensation Fund and the Unemployment Insurance Fund available for investment in businesses, to create thousands of new jobs, the Minister of Labour, Nelisiwe Oliphant says.