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Minister: We need to strengthen our public health system

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Cape Town – Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says government needs to change its budget strategy to strengthen the public health system if the country, along with other African states, are to take the continent forward.

Departments set to improve services

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Pretoria - Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, says his department will work with Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) to ensure that stats are used to improve the performance of many departments.

Implementation of NDP a top priority

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Pretoria - Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe, says coordinating, monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP) is at the top of the department’s priorities.

New watchdog for transport sector

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Cape Town – Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has announced that a new transport sector watchdog will be established to address all regulatory challenges faced by the sector.

Business confidence improves

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Pretoria - Business confidence recovered in April to reach 89.9, said the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) on Tuesday.

R2m funding set aside for KZN art organisations

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Pretoria – The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Arts and Culture has allocated R2 million in this current financial year for its Grant-In-Aid funding, which assists emerging arts and culture organisations.

Ekurhuleni warns against buying land illegally

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Pretoria - Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality has warned community members against buying and illegally occupying municipal land as they will face being evicted and arrested.

Gift of the Givers saving lives in Nepal

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Pretoria - As part of the humanitarian mission of the Gift of the Givers relief organisation, currently deployed in the earthquake struck Nepal, about 68 lifesaving operations have been conducted.

SA, Zimbabwe to hold defence, security talks

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Pretoria - South Africa and Zimbabwe will tomorrow meet to discuss common challenges faced by both countries in areas of defence and security as well as to propose solutions to the challenges.