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Transnet signs memorandum with Imperial Logistics

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Pretoria - Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) and Imperial Logistics on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that is aimed at exploring multimodal collaboration opportunities within the logistics and transport sector.

SA to mark World Teachers' Day

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Pretoria - South Africa will tomorrow join the world in honouring and commending teachers for the sacrifices they make in ensuring learners get quality education, even under trying circumstances.

Reckless drivers may lose licences

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Boksburg - In an effort to reduce the on-going fatal crashes on the roads, government is planning to revoke the driver’s licences of reckless motorists, who breach the rules of the road.

Aid for Cleveland shack inferno victims

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Pretoria – Johannesburg’s Emergency Services says alternative accommodation has been organised for the hundreds of residents who were left homeless after a blaze destroyed over 100 shacks at Cleveland’s Jumpers Informal Settlement.

Tshabalala gets SABC top job

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed Ellen Tshabalala as the chairperson of the new SABC board.

Nine EC boxers to compete at 2014 Junior Olympics

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East London - Hard work and dedication have paid off for nine Eastern Cape boxers, who beat some of South Africa’s big guns to secure themselves a seat on the plane to Scotland next year to participate in the 2014 Junior Olympics.

Mpuma underperforming independent schools warned

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Mbombela - Mpumalanga’s Education MEC Reginah Mhaule has warned that any independent school that produces a pass rate of less than 50% in their matric results will be closed down.

Minister hails rhino poachers’ arrests

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Pretoria - Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has commended the police for the arrest of five alleged rhino poachers at the Rietvlei Nature Reserve in Tshwane earlier this week.

Govt takes stock of BEE policy

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Midrand - The first Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Summit kicked off on Thursday, with government taking stock of the positives and challenges in the implementation of BEE since its implementation 10 years ago.

State of trucks on Field's Hill shocking: MEC

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Durban – KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Willies Mchunu, has expressed shock at the state of trucks travelling on (M13) Field’s Hill – the scene of the road carnage that has claimed 26 lives in less than two months.

Home Affairs cleared of irregularities

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Pretoria – Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has cleared the Department of Home Affairs of any irregularities and maladministration in the appointment of a service provider during the relocation of the department’s offices.