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Nersa grants Eskom 8% tariff hike

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Pretoria - The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) has granted power parastatal Eskom an 8% tariff increase over the course of the next five years of the Multi-Year Price Determination period 2013/14 to 2017/18 (MYPD3).

Govt to focus on identified priorities

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Cape Town - Government has sent a clear signal to all that it will focus more of its efforts on improving service delivery and creating jobs, while cutting down on wasteful expenditure as the world still reels from the effects of the global financial crisis.

Madiba praised at royal event

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has praised the spirit of forgiveness in the father of the nation - Nelson Mandela - saying it has touched millions of people worldwide.

Illegal medical waste dump sites cleared

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Pretoria - The four illegal medical waste dumping sites in and around Welkom have been cleared and rehabilitated, according to the National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report (NECER) 2010/11 released on Thursday.

Over 200 alleged rhino poachers arrested

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Pretoria - A total of 214 suspected rhino poachers were arrested in South Africa between April 2010 and March 2011, according to the 4th National Compliance and Enforcement Report (NECER).

Bafana's friendly moved to Rand Stadium

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Pretoria - The international friendly between Bafana Bafana and Japan will no longer be played at the revamped Orlando Stadium, but will be held at the Rand Stadium.

R1.26mil to assist learners in maths and science

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Cape Town - An amount of R1.26 million has been donated to False Bay College to strengthen the Grade 10 to 12 tutoring programme on offer at the college's Centre of Science and Technology.

Airbus spending would have made no cents

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Cape Town - Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Lindiwe Sisulu says it would have been "beyond comprehensible" for government to commit to spending such a large amount of money on purchasing eight Airbus A400M military transport aircraft.

No interference from Zuma on Eskom saga - Hogan

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Pretoria - Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan has confirmed that President Jacob Zuma has not interfered in the saga surrounding Eskom Chief Executive Officer Jacob Maroga and the Board of Directors.

Benni re-called by Parreira

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Johannesburg - Controversial Blackburn Rovers striker Benni McCarthy will play for Bafana Bafana in two upcoming international friendlies against Japan and Jamaica next week.