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Gauteng says progress made in paying NPOs

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Pretoria - Gauteng Social Development MEC Nandi Mayathula-Khoza announced that more than half of the outstanding payments to Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) funded by the Gauteng Provincial Government were processed for payment on Tuesday.

Malaria claims lives in Gauteng, Mpumalanga

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Johannesburg – About 20 people have died of Malaria in Gauteng in the past five months, according to Dr Chike Asomugha, a senior advisor for Public Health and Communicable Diseases, at the Hillbrow Clinic, in central Johannesburg.

Water and Sanitation owed R2.7bn

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Pretoria – Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane says debt owed to the department by some water boards and municipalities amounted to around R2.7 billion.

Government working hard to reopen poultry farms

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Cape Town – Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Senzeni Zokwana says government is working tirelessly to assist poultry farms that have been shut down due to illegal brown meat dumping.

Minister announces wide-ranging cost cutting measures at SABC

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Cape Town – Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo says the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has imposed a number of cost-cutting measures in a bid to improve its financial position as the public broadcaster buckles under financial strain.

Presidency clarifies appointment of NYDA board

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Pretoria - The Presidency says the former chairperson of the Board of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), Yershen Pillay, has served his full three-year term at the agency.

SA, Tanzania elevate bilateral relations

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Pretoria - South Africa and Tanzania’s political and economic relations will be top of the agenda when President Jacob Zuma and his counterpart, John Pemba Magufuli, meet this morning.

Measles outbreak in Gauteng

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Johannesburg – The Gauteng Health Department aims to vaccinate one million children between the ages of six months and 59 months following an outbreak of measles in the province.

Pollsmoor reduces overcrowding by 90%

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Pretoria – The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) on Tuesday told members of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services in Parliament that overcrowding in Pollsmoor prison has been reduced by 90%.