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SA, Vietnam clamp down on wildlife poaching

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Pretoria – The South African Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi, has met with her Vietnamese counterpart, Dr Bui Cach Tuyen, to thrash out ways to bolster cooperation in controlling illegal wildlife trade.

De Hoop Dam brings hope to thousands

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Sekhukhune – Walking long distances through thorny bushes in order to access clean water will soon be a thing of the past for thousands of people residing in the Sekhukhune District in Limpopo, thanks to the opening of the De Hoop Dam.

De Hoop to improve lives of Limpopo residents

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Pretoria – Infrastructure such as the De Hoop Dam in Limpopo, is changing the lives of South Africans positively and in the most meaningful ways, says President Jacob Zuma.

SA marks World TB Day

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Pretoria – Tuberculosis in the mines is expected to be the focus of this year’s World TB Day in Fochville.

Call centre a lifeline for women

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Pretoria – The Department of Social Development will on Tuesday launch a 24-hour call centre to provide support and counselling to victims of gender-based violence.

SA participates in global nuclear security summit

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Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane will lead a South African delegation to the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit (NSS), scheduled for 24 - 25 March in The Hague.

Interim committee for arts federation

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Pretoria - Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile has announced the Interim Committee for the South African Creative Industries Federation.

Department speaks out on school violence

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Pretoria - The Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities has strongly condemned the recent spate of gender-based violence incidents against children, regardless of the perpetrators being minors or older persons.

N West to spend R84m to improve ambulance response time

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Pretoria - The North West provincial government will spend R84.25 million on Emergency Medical Rescue Service (EMRS) Satellite Stations and a new planned patient transport model, Premier Thandi Modise has announced.

Martha Mahlangu laid to rest

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Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma on Saturday joined the family and friends of Martha Mahlangu in a moving funeral ceremony in Memelodi West to bid farewell to the heroine who played an important role in the liberation struggle of the country.

Good health care a marker of progress

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Sharpeville-Government is planning to implement the next phase of its proposed National Health Insurance scheme in the next five years, President Jacob Zuma announced on Friday.

Premier Modise saddened by railway crossing crash deaths

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Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has conveyed her condolences to the families of three children, who were killed after the vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a crash at a railway crossing in Rustenburg.