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B-BBEE Commission hits the ground running

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Cape Town – The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Commission Head of Operations Nontokozo Nokhwali-Mboyi says 134 complaints have already been received since the body was established earlier this year.

SA formally withdrawing from ICC

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Pretoria - South Africa has formally requested to withdraw from the Rome Statute, a treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Minister concerned over Sundowns’ reports in Egypt

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Pretoria - Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula has expressed concern at reports of Mamelodi Sundowns’ inability to train after its hosts in Egypt failed to give the team a venue ahead of this weekend’s African Championship League second leg final.

NSFAS commended for providing funding for poor students

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Pretoria – Parliament’s education committees have commended the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) for the efforts put into ensuring that poor students are not excluded from attending university on the basis of financial need.

NCC calls on the public to heed Samsung Note 7 recall

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Pretoria - The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has called on consumers to heed the call to stop using the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 mobile phone, as it continued its meetings with Samsung Electronics South Africa on the phone’s safety recall.

Ambassadors spurred to market SA abroad

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Pretoria- Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has encouraged South African Ambassadors to build strong alliances with other countries for South Africa’s and Africa’s development.

SARS goes to court to terminate LTC contract

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Pretoria - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has instituted court action to terminate a contract with a service provider due to the company’s failure to disclose its familial relationship between its shareholder and Commissioner Tom Moyane.

Water department gets unqualified audit

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Pretoria – Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation has commended the Department of Water and Sanitation for achieving its first unqualified audit since 2009.

IPID probes shooting at Wits

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Pretoria - The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) is investigating the alleged shooting of a student leader at Wits University.

GovTech summit to focus on small business

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Pretoria – The upcoming Government Technology (GovTech) Conference will be used to focus attention on small, medium and micro enterprise (SMME) development.

Minister commends pro-women agri initiative

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Malmesbury – Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Senzeni Zokwana has welcomed an initiative by a group of Western Cape women, who have set up a network of entrepreneurs to help women and youth to get into farming.

Premier Mchunu cracks the whip to get clean audits

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Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal Premier Willies Mchunu has warned Heads of Departments, Chief Financial Officers and senior managers that there will be consequences for accounting officers who perform poorly and fail to adhere to good financial management practices.

All systems go for N Cape mega water project

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Pretoria – Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane will on Friday turn the sod for the construction of the R18 billion Vaal Gamagara Water Project in the Northern Cape.