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Social grants payment will not be disrupted

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Pretoria - All social grants for the month of April will be paid on time, as a dispute between the SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) and three service providers has been resolved, says the Minister of Social Development Zola Skweyiya.

Rooiground housing project kicks off next week

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Mafikeng - The Rooiground Housing Development Project will begin next week and is expected to provide 1 000 housing units to the families living in the Rooiground informal settlement outside Mafikeng.

Mpuma allocates R1.7m for school furniture

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Pretoria - The Mpumalanga Education Department has allocated R1.7 million to four districts to procure school furniture before the end of March 2013.

Masondo visits Alexandra Renewal Project

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Johannesburg - Johannesburg Executive Mayor Amos Masondo will this morning visit the Alexandra Renewal Project, which recently won an award from United Nations Habitat for successfully revitalizing an urban environment.

RSR dismisses nepotism allegations

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Pretoria - The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) has described the allegations of nepotism and irregular appointment of certain staff by their Chief Executive Officer Nkululeko Poya as factually incorrect and without substance.

SA welcomes overhaul of IMF lending framework

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Pretoria - The Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel has welcomed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Board's approval of a major overhaul of the IMF's lending framework.

PPI comes in at 7.3% in February

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Pretoria - The Producer Price Index in February 2009 has come in at 7.3 percent year on year, which is 1.9 percent lower than January's figure of 9.2 percent year on year, Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) announced on Thursday.

Successful off-shore environmental vessel returns

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Cape Town - South Africa's off-shore environmental protection vessel, the Sarah Baartman, returned to Cape Town Harbour on Thursday from a four-nation transboundary fisheries patrol in South African, Tanzanian, Mozambican and Kenyan waters.

SA welcomes OECD report, notes concerns

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Midrand - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has welcomed the latest OECD report on South Africa, which states that although strides have been made, the country is not fully reaching its potential.