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Inmates to participate in Cape Town jazz festival

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Pretoria – Offenders are busy preparing to participate in next year’s Cape Town International Jazz Festival, as part of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) offender jazz music development programme known as “Music Behind Bars”.

Limpopo to roll-out child protection register sites

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Pretoria – Child protection register sites are to be rolled out to 25 municipalities in Limpopo to ensure that all child abuse cases are reported and recorded immediately in the electronic register.

Motshekga welcomes education report

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Pretoria – Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has welcomed the National Education Evaluation and Development Unit (NEEDU) report, which highlights the state of education in the lower grades.

Public comment sought on Draft Gas Amendment Bill

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Pretoria - The Draft Gas Amendment Bill 2013, which seeks to review compliance monitoring and enforcement in the natural gas sector, is now available for public comment, the Department of Energy (DoE) said on Thursday.

Manufacturers welcome electric vehicle road map

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Johannesburg - Vehicle manufacturers in South Africa have welcomed the launch of the Electronic Vehicle Industry Road Map, which aims to introduce electric vehicles into the South African market.

Electronic vehicle industry road map launched

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Johannesburg - South Africa is keen on bringing electric cars into the market and is considering a set of incentives for the local production of these vehicles locally thereby reducing the country’s carbon footprint and creating jobs.

Policies draw tourists to SA – Cabinet

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Pretoria – Cabinet says the overwhelming inflow of tourists to South Africa was a result of the success of policies aimed at entrenching South Africa’s status as a major international tourism and business events destination.

Parents urged to get children immunised

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Pretoria - Cabinet has called on all South African parents and guardians, who have children between the ages of nine months and five years, to get them immunised against polio and measles.

Cabinet accepts CAR PM apology

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Pretoria - Cabinet has accepted the apology from the Central African Republic (CAR) after thirteen South African soldiers were killed during the clashes with the rebel alliance known as Seleka.

SA gears up for UN Road Safety Week

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Pretoria – Cabinet has pledged its full support for the United Nations (UN) Road Safety Week, which will run from 6 - 12 May.