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Taxi Recapitalisation Programme makes significant strides

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The Department of Transport has lauded the Taxi Recapitalisation Programme (TRP) as a huge success following the scrapping of over 81 000 old taxi vehicles with a pay out of more than R5.6 billion scrapping allowance to taxi operators since its inception in October 2006 to March 2023.

Government, Eskom continue work on electricity interventions

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Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says government, together with Eskom, is working on short term measures geared at relieving the expected increased impact of load shedding during the winter season this year.

Illegally manufactured alcohol, bitcoin mining equipment confiscated

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Members of the South African Revenue Service (SARS), jointly with the South African Police Service (SAPS), on Thursday conducted a raid on an unauthorised warehouse in Vryburg, North West and confiscated millions of rands worth of illegally manufactured alcohol and bitcoin mining equipment.

SA records eight new measles cases

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South Africa has eight new laboratory-confirmed measles cases, five of which were detected in Limpopo, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Friday.

Government working to save Post Office

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Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Mondli Gungubele, has assured Parliament that government is working tirelessly to save the South African Post Office (SAPO), which was placed under provisional liquidation earlier this year.