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Correctional Services sets bold performance targets

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Pretoria - Correctional Services National Commissioner Tom Moyane presented the department's five-year strategic plan, which provides bold and clear performance targets, to the Portfolio Committee.

Ministry welcomes heavy sentence for rapist, murderer

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Pretoria - The Ministry for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities has welcomed the heavy sentence handed down to serial rapist and murderer David Randitsheni by the Modimolle Circuit Court in Limpopo.

Shipping bill to help SA maintain safety standards

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Pretoria - The Merchant Shipping (Safe Containers Convention) Bill 2010 will assist South Africa carry out its obligation to maintain the highest standards with regards to the safe carriage of containers over the country's water.

Boost for local govt service delivery

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Pretoria - Local government will never be the same again after the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs unanimously passed the Municipal Systems Amendment [Bill 22 of 2010] on Tuesday.

Earth Hour campaign scoops top award

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Pretoria - The organisation behind the Earth Hour campaign, which saw more than a million South Africans switching off their lights for an hour to highlight the effects of global warming, has scooped the prestigious Mail & Guardian Greening the Future Award.

TB awareness campaigns in full swing

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Pretoria - Gauteng Health and Social Development MEC Ntombi Mekgwe will be at the forefront of a TB awareness campaign as South Africa commemorates World TB Day in Orange Farm on Thursday, 24 March.

Contingency plans in place as Nersa workers strike

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Pretoria-The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has put contingency plans in place to ensure that operations at the regulator will not be disrupted during the strike by staff members.

Easter death toll drops

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Pretoria - The Easter road death toll has been reduced by almost half the number of deaths for the same period last year.

Kenya, SA sign agreement on tourism co-operation

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Nairobi - Kenyan Tourism Minister Najib Balala and his South African counterpart, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, have signed an agreement on modalities to encourage tourism investment in both countries.

IPAP succeeds in attracting investment

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Cape Town - Transnet's decision to assemble 90 of the 100 locomotives on order from General Electric and the securing of R14 billion in planned investments in the automotive sector, are some of the immediate achievements of the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP), the Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies said yesterday.