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Busy start to the year for Parliament

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Pretoria - The State of the Nation Address, Budget Speech and a conference in support of the people of Cuba, Palestine and Western Sahara are some of the highlights on Parliament’s first term programme for 2014, as it races against time to finalise its work before the end of this administration.

September to table paper on housing finance

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Pretoria – Housing finance and urban development will form the thrust of a paper Human Settlements Minister Connie September will deliver at a meeting with her SADC (Southern African Development Community) counterparts in Zambia.

FET College for Sterkspruit

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Pretoria - Construction for the Further Education and Training (FET) College campus in Sterkspruit, in the Eastern Cape, is set to commence in April.

Health council warns students against bogus colleges

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Pretoria – The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has reminded prospective students and their families to make sure that the training institutions they are enrolling in are accredited colleges.

Peters condemns threats against Sanral

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Pretoria – Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has condemned attempts to destabilise operations at the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral), following threats directed at staff at the Central Operations Centre (COC) in Samrand.

Modise wants probe into alleged death threat against journalist

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Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has called on the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) to investigate alleged death threats made against a journalist, who took pictures of police taking a bribe in Rustenburg recently.

Government welcomes Molekoa sentencing

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Pretoria - Government has welcomed the South Gauteng High Court sentencing of Mokolo Molekoa, a former member of the South African Police Force.

Princess Plot housing project to start soon

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Pretoria - Gauteng Department of Human Settlements MEC Ntombi Mekgwe has announced that her department has together with the City of Johannesburg reached an agreement with the residents of Princess Plot after a meeting where plans of houses were presented and welcomed by residents.

SA to host first ever meeting of CCJA

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Pretoria - In a significant move aimed at re-affirming the independence and important role of Judiciaries in Africa, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng will host the first ever meeting of the Executive Bureau of the Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa (CCJA), in South Africa.