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Big spend on education

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Cape Town - South Africa's spending on education continues to grow with Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan today announcing an allocation of R207 billion to the sector with projections that this may rise to up to R236 billion over the next three years.

Police to communicate better with public

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Pretoria - Police will take steps to improve communication with the public to ensure that communities are updated on the work they are doing.

R1bn pumped towards NHI

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Cape Town - Government has moved one step further towards the establishment of the massive National Health Insurance scheme for South Africa, with Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan today announcing an allocation of R1 billion to the scheme's pilot projects.

Infrastructure to drive growth amid global uncertainty

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Cape Town - Amid a global economic outlook which continues to remain uncertain, the Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan today presented a circumspect, yet upbeat Budget Speech detailing how the infrastructure projects highlighted by President Jacob Zuma earlier this month would be funded.

Bapela to meet Joburg Mayor to discuss billing challenges

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Pretoria- Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Obed Bapela, will meet the Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, Parks Tau, tomorrow, to discuss the ongoing billing challenges experienced by the city.

Massive increase in social spending, grants

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Cape Town - As government finds ways to grow an economy that may eventually produce much needed jobs, spending on social assistance will rise sharply in the next three years from R111.2 billion this year to a projected R129 billion in 2015.

Billions pumped on public transport, energy

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Cape Town - The government plans to speed up the expansion of the country's mega infrastructure programme by continuously increasing the budgets for rail transport, energy and communications services.

Draft financial services sector code gazetted

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Pretoria- The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, has gazetted the Phase II Draft Financial Services Sector Code in terms of Section 9 (5) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Act 53 of 2003.

Smokers, drinkers to pay more

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Cape Town - The next time you visit your favourite watering hole - be prepared to spend a little more on a glass of beer, wine and spirits.

Measures to ensure implementation of infrastructure projects

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Cape Town - The Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan outlined a range of measures to boost the planning and monitoring capacity in departments and municipalities to ensure they carried out infrastructure projects and allocated the necessary spending on these projects wisely.

Gauteng hospitals to clear all debt by June

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Pretoria- The Gauteng Department of Health has developed a plan to clear all of its debt by the end of June this year, the department said in a statement on Sunday.