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Universities to extend 2020 academic year

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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says to ensure that matriculants are not compromised by the late release of the Grade 12 results, Universities South Africa has agreed to extend the academic year to the end of February 2021.

SA records 2 336 new COVID-19 cases

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The number of people that have contracted the novel Coronavirus has climbed to 630 595 after 2 336 new cases were recorded on Wednesday.

President welcomes launch of contact tracing app

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the launch of the Bluetooth-enabled mobile application, COVID Alert South Africa, which will strengthen South Africa’s contact tracing efforts.

UIF Commissioner suspended

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The Minister of Employment and Labour, Thulas Nxesi, on Wednesday suspended the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Commissioner Teboho Maruping.

Minister Pandor to lead SA at G20 meeting

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International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor is set to lead South Africa’s delegation to the extraordinary G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.

Load shedding moves to stage 4

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Eskom has announced that load shedding will move from stage 2 to stage 4 as at 15:00 until 22:00 on Wednesday.