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WHO proposes roadmap to deal with future health outbreaks

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Cape Town – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for a Central National Emergency Operations Centre to be established and to be on stand-by to deal with future disease outbreaks and related emergencies.

SANRAL CEO reaches retirement age

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Pretoria - The South African National Roads Agency’s (SANRAL) Chief Executive Officer Nazir Alli will reach the retirement age of 65 next month.

New police unit to root out rotten cops

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Pretoria - The South African Police Service (SAPS) is to launch a national disciplinary trial unit, which will deal with all forms of misconduct within the police ranks.

EC rolls out human settlements brigade for the youth

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Pretoria - In an effort to address high levels of youth unemployment, the Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements has approved an empowerment programme targeting young people in the province.

Power system stable

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Pretoria - The power system is currently stable and Eskom will be able to perform maintenance without load shedding, the power utility said on Monday.

SARS confiscates undeclared sneakers

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Pretoria – Officials from the South African Revenue Service’s (SARS) customs unit have confiscated undeclared sneakers with an estimated street value of R11.3 million at the Lebombo border post in Mpumalanga.

Dti welcomes judgment on emolument attachment orders

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Pretoria - The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has welcomed the judgment by the Western Cape High Court that declared deductions taken from employees’ salaries for emolument attachment orders (EAOs) as illegal and invalid.

SAPS dealing with criminality within organisation

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Pretoria - National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega says the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) management is dealing with cases of corruption and other forms of criminality within the organisation.

crack down on illegal initiation schools

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Pretoria - Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Obed Bapela has embarked on a monitoring visit to areas that have high death rates of initiates in the Eastern Cape.

Rural Maubane receives solar powered health centre

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Pretoria – The North West Department of Health together with Samsung Electronics South Africa have launched a Solar Powered Health Centre (SPHC), which officials say will improve access to specialized healthcare for Maubane residents.