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Task team to look into affordable housing

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Johannesburg – Human Settlements Minister Connie September says she has formed a task team to look at ways in which her department can work with banks to deliver one million homes over the next five years.

Petrol price hike today

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Pretoria - Cash-strapped consumers will have to dig deeper into their pockets as the fuel price goes up at midnight tonight.

TUT campus re-opens for registration

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Pretoria - Students who have not been able to register for their studies at the Tshwane University of Technology can do so until February 14.

Madiba's will outlined

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Johannesburg - His personal staff, political home and various institutions of learning – all were remembered in the will of South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon, former President Nelson Mandela.

Mokhobo to leave SABC

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Pretoria- SABC Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) Lulama Mokhobo is to leave the organisation at the end of the month, the national broadcaster confirmed on Monday.

Gordhan calls on private sector to create more jobs

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Johannesburg – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says entrepreneurship is a key driver of job creation, and has called on the private sector – particularly the banking centre – to play a bigger role in funding small and medium enterprises.

High-tech solar plant launched in Cape Town

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Pretoria - Science and Technology Director General Dr Phil Mjwara is expected to join German Ambassador, Dr Horst Freitag, at the opening of South Africa - and Africa's - first semi-commercial plant for producing and marketing a thin-film solar module.

Department launches civil action against landlord

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Pretoria – The Department of Public Works has launched a civil action case against well-known Johannesburg landlord Sayed Hoosen Mia and two former department employees in a bid to recoup the proceedings of an R8 million scam.

Transformation in mining sector needed

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Pretoria - In order to effectively address the plight of the African continent, a major shift and transformation in traditional mining is required, says Minister of Mineral Resources Susan Shabangu.

Citizens key to making NDP work - Manuel

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Cape Town – The Minister in the Presidency responsible for National Planning, Trevor Manuel, says an active citizenry is vital if the country is to meet the goals set out in the National Development Plan (NDP).

Rail network extension to benefit economy

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Pretoria - Increasing the rail network will not only relieve the country’s roads but will be good for the economy too, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba says.

Plane crash kills three people

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Pretoria - Three people were killed after a plane crashed trying to land at Lanseria airport on Monday morning.

Farm workers get wage increase

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Pretoria – Vulnerable workers in the farms sector will get an upward wage adjustment effective from 1 March 2014, the Department of Labour has announced.