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Good news for parents travelling with children

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Pretoria – The Department of Home Affairs has provided a grace period to allow children to travel with parents or guardians without an unabridged birth certificate, until end of September 2014.

Make-over for Boitekong Health Centre

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Pretoria – The Boitekong Community Health Centre (CHC) in the North West, has temporarily closed its doors, to allow contractors to give it a much needed facelift.

Transnet temporarily lifts lockout at Ngqura

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Pretoria - Transnet says it will suspend the lockout on all striking employees at its Ngqura Container Terminal after striking staff made a plea to come back to work.

Ministers refine draft scholar transport policy

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Pretoria - Transport Minister Dipuo Peters and her Basic Education counterpart Angie Motshekga have held bilateral talks to discuss progress regarding the issue of school transport.

Restoring dignity through housing

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Johannesburg – Elated new proud homeowners have thanked the mayor for answering their prayers after he handed over 100 RDP houses to shack dwellers of Elias Motsoaledi informal settlement, in Soweto.

Dept to address challenges faced by CPAs

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Pretoria - The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform is to hold discussions with Communal Property Associations (CPAs) and Trusts in Limpopo, as part of efforts to resolve internal challenges.

R2m waste project to benefit NW youth

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Pretoria – About 100 young people from four municipalities in the North West are set to benefit from a R2 million youth in waste management project.

Cabinet Lekgotla underway

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Pretoria - The first Cabinet Lekgotla, for the new administration, got underway today at Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House, in Pretoria.

Era of abundant flows likely to be over: Marcus

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Pretoria - The era of abundant portfolio flows to emerging markets appears to be over with the volume of flows likely to be lower, Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus said on Tuesday.

Minister Ramatlhodi withdraws from mining negotiations

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Pretoria – Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi says he has pulled his intergovernmental task team out of mining negotiations to exert pressure on platinum producers and unions to move towards a common ground.

Suspected rhino poachers arrested

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Pretoria – Limpopo police have arrested three suspected rhino poachers at a private game farm in Alldays, just outside Makhado.

SONA moved to 17 June 2014

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Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has requested that the date for the State of the Nation Address (SONA) be changed to Tuesday, 17 June 2014.