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Calls for unions to work closer with FET colleges

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Johannesburg - Higher Education Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, has called on the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) to have concrete partnerships with the department around FET colleges.

President Zuma awards Tambo orders

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Pretoria - Without the participation of the international community, it would have been difficult to achieve democracy in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday.

Cabinet agrees to Gauteng e-tolls roll-out

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Pretoria - Cabinet has agreed that the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) should proceed with the implementation of the Gauteng e-tolling system, Transport Minister Ben Martins announced on Friday.

Mini-budget welcomed

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Pretoria - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) has been welcomed by business, as it shows a commitment to the stabilisation of government spending.

More units of Abalone confiscated

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Pretoria - A man and a woman were arrested on the N2 near Grabouw in the Western Cape on Thursday night following a tip-off from a community member.

MPs welcome Gordhan's measures to contain debt

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Cape Town - MPs have welcomed the Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan's measures to clamp down on public debt, following his tabling of the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement in the National Assembly today.

SARS to introduce mechanism to reduce tax clearance fraud

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Pretoria - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has announced that in a bid to reduce corruption in the tax clearance request process, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has developed an electronic mechanism for taxpayers to provide real time, up-to-date and continuous tax status to interested parties.

Three unions, three mines sign pay agreement

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Pretoria - The Chamber of Mines, representing AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields and Harmony, and the National Union of Mine Workers, Solidarity and UASA have signed a wage agreement on Thursday.