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SAA welcomes labour court decision

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Pretoria - South African Airways (SAA) has welcomed the Labour Court’s decision to dismiss an application from several unions to prevent the national carrier from proceeding with a retrenchment exercise.

Employment services Act comes into effect

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Pretoria - Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant says she is pleased with the promulgation of the Employment Services Act, 2014, which took effect from 9 August 2015, coinciding with Women’s Day in South Africa.

Oudshoorn Local Municipality under administration

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Pretoria - An administrator has been appointed to implement interventions in the Oudshoorn Local Municipality, says the Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Ministry.

Ventersdorp water upgrade completed

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Pretoria - The Department of Water and Sanitation, in partnership with the Ventersdorp Local Municipality, have completed the upgrade of the R52 million Ventersdorp Bulk Water Supply project.

95% of S Africans access drinking water

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Pretoria – Government has already met the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals of reducing the number of people who don’t have access to basic water supply by half.

R30m to benefit community-based cooperatives

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Pretoria - The Department of Social Development and its agencies will in the current financial year spend over R30 million procuring goods from community-based cooperatives.

R100m to grow tourism industry

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Pretoria – Tourism Minister Derick Hanekom has announced that R100 million has been invested in growing the tourism sector in the country.

Presidency outraged by attack on Judge Farlam

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Pretoria - The Presidency has expressed shock and outrage at the attack on Judge Ian Farlam, who chaired the Marikana Commission of Inquiry, meted out by Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza.

SAPS on recruitment drive1

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In order to bolster service delivery where it matters the most, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has embarked on a recruitment drive which aims to attract an additional 6 252 members to the police force during this 2015/2016 financial year.

Youth character-build training kicks off

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Pretoria – The first batch of National Human Settlements Youth Brigades have arrived in Thabanchu, Free State, for the Character-Build Training programme.

Power system stable: Eskom

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Pretoria - The power system is currently stable enabling Eskom to perform maintenance without load shedding.

SA Agulhas returns from expedition

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Pretoria - The SA Agulhas II has returned from a successful winter research expedition, the Department of Environmental Affairs said on Sunday.

Celebrating women in environment sector

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Pretoria - The Department of Environmental Affairs will today host a Women and Environment Dialogue which will take stock of the environment sector’s gender mainstreaming progress.

Young women called to take up science

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has encouraged young women to choose fields like research, science and technology and other currently male-dominated fields as their career disciplines.

Mining Consultative Forum to be launched

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Pretoria- President Jacob Zuma says he would convene a meeting which will look at promoting the rule of law and stability, strengthening labour relations, improving working and liv