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Sars foils ivory smuggling attempt

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Pretoria – South African Revenue Service (SARS) customs officials have foiled an attempt to smuggle ivory worth R4 million.

Eersterust youth say no to drugs

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Pretoria - About 20 youngsters from Eersterust, east of Pretoria yesterday said they would give up drugs and accept help from the Department of Social Development to get their lives back on track.

Child advocacy groups welcome new travel requirements

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Pretoria – The majority of child advocacy groups have welcomed the new travel requirements regarding travelling with children, saying the laws were in the best interest of the child and will go a long way in preventing child abduction and human trafficking.

Eskom to perform plant maintenance

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Pretoria – As the country’s power system is currently stable, Eskom is able to perform maintenance without implementing load shedding, the power parastatal said on Friday.

Chicory agreement to help create jobs in E Cape

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Pretoria – An agreement between the Department of Trade and Industry (dti), the Eastern Cape Provincial Government and Nestle is expected to result in the creation of 800 jobs by 2019, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies.

Minister takes DTT awareness campaign to Ratanda

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Pretoria - South Africa’s migrating from the analogue broadcasting format to a digital broadcasting system will be top of the agenda during Communications Minister, Faith Muthambi’s, Imbizo in Ratanda, south of Heidelberg on Friday.

DTT switch off date announced when all system are in place

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Pretoria - Government will announce the date to migrate from analogue to digital broadcasting signals once all systems are in place, including the five million free Set Top Boxes (STBs) to poor households, says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi.

Draft amendment B-BBEE tourism sector codes gazetted

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Pretoria - Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has gazetted the Draft Tourism B-BBEE Codes in terms of Section 9 (5) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Amendment Act.

MEC, taxi groups meet over Autopax bus services

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Pretoria – Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Ismail Vadi, says the department has held a meeting with the representatives of the two provincial taxi associations as well as taxi groups from Mamelodi, regarding the Autopax bus services in Mamelodi.

SA to host Extra-Ordinary SADC Summit

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Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma, in his capacity as the Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, will on Friday host a SADC meeting on Lesotho.

Radio conference a platform to exchange ideas

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Johannesburg - Deputy Minister of Communications Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams says the Radio Days Africa conference, which is currently taking place in Johannesburg, provides a useful platform to exchange ideas, information and experiences about the issues facing radio.