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N West water plan being finalised

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Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise and Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa are expected to sign a MoU and Project Implementation Plan to ease water shortages in all provincial municipalities.

White Paper to expand post schooling, training

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Pretoria - The Department of Higher Education and Training has officially launched a White Paper on Post School Education and Training, which sets out strategies to expand on the current delivery of education and training in South Africa for the period up to 2030.

Saldanha Bay industrial zone attracting investment

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Pretoria – The recently launched Industrial Development Zone in Saldanha Bay, a harbour town situated on the south-western coast of South Africa, is already drawing investment interest.

Draft Road Traffic Law Enforcement Code gazetted

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Pretoria – The public have been invited to make inputs to the draft National Road Traffic Law Enforcement Code (NRTLEC), which is aimed at informing the implementation of government policies on road traffic management.

Mthethwa urges IPID to speed up Brits probe

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Pretoria – Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has called on the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) to speed up the investigation into the deaths in the Brits protests.

Gauteng unveils 17 new schools

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Johannesburg – The opening of a new secondary school in Palm Ridge, east of Johannesburg, will ease overcrowding in classrooms and resolve transport problems for learners who had to travel too far away areas to get an education.

Learners get surprise visit from MEC

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Pretoria – As the school bell rang for the first time this year at Tiyelelani Secondary School in Soshanguve, learners were surprised to see Gauteng Health MEC Hope Papo.

New uniform for learners at village school

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Bronkhorstspruit – Learners at Mpumelelo Secondary School in Rethabiseng village in Gauteng started the 2014 academic year on a positive note, with a visit from the province’s MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi.

E Cape monitoring learner transport

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Pretoria - The Eastern Cape Department of Transport, together with the Provincial Portfolio Committee of Education, is this morning monitoring the transportation of pupils to schools across the province.

Zuma to open two new schools in E Cape

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Pretoria - To mark the opening of the 2014 school year, President Jacob Zuma will later this week open two schools near Mthatha in the Eastern Cape.

Back to school for inland, coastal learners

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Pretoria – As millions of learners go back to school for the first day of the 2014 academic year, a number of government officials are visiting schools across the country to assess their state of readiness for learning and teaching.

Govt mulls databank to reduce road carnage

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Pretoria - The Department of Transport is set to investigate ways of ensuring a reliable statistical databank for road fatalities, Transport Minister Dipuo Peters announced on Tuesday.