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Westinghouse withdraws application to interdict Eskom

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Pretoria - Westinghouse has withdrawn its high court application to interdict Eskom in a tender that would see the replacement of steam generators at the Koeberg nuclear power plant, the parastatal said on Thursday.

SA needs to attract youth to academia

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Pretoria – With an ageing lecturing workforce at higher education institutions, President Jacob Zuma says there is a need to make academia more exciting for South Africa’s youth.

SA confirms Dalai Lama visa application

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Pretoria - The South African High Commission in New Delhi, in India, has confirmed that it has received a visa application from the office of the Dalai Lama.

SOEs achieving unqualified audits congratulated

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Pretoria - The State Owned Entities Communicators Association (SOECA) has sent its congratulations to all the public sector entities that have achieved unqualified audits in the past financial year.

New agency to manage state property

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Pretoria – The establishment of the State Property Management Agency, which will oversee the management of government’s massive property portfolio, has been approved.

Learners to sit for ANAs in less than two weeks

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Pretoria – The Department of Basic Education will from 16 to 19 September 2014 conduct the fourth Annual National Assessments (ANA) to track progress of learning outcomes among learners in earlier grades.

Number of deaths declines

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Pretoria - While the number of overall deaths in South Africa is on the decline, Tuberculosis continues to be the number one cause of death in the country, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Thursday.

Pongolapoort water project welcomed

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Pretoria - Cabinet has welcomed the launch of Phase 1A of Pongolapoort Bulk Water Supply project, which will bring water to the community of Jozini in KwaZulu-Natal.

Govt fast-tracking implementation of NDP

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Pretoria – Cabinet, while encouraged by the positive economic growth recorded in the second quarter of the year, says the pace of economic expansion remains too weak to address the country’s challenges of poverty inequality and unemployment.

Torching of Golden Arrow buses condemned

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Pretoria - Cabinet has condemned in the strongest terms the recent spate of vandalism of buses in Cape Town, said Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe.

Annual crime stats expected this month

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Pretoria - The police will this month release the annual crime statistics, Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, announced on Thursday.

Opening of two hospitals an important milestone

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Pretoria – The official opening of the Dr Harry Surtie Hospital in the Northern Cape and the Natalspruit Hospital in Gauteng are an important milestone in the country’s infrastructure plans.