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Decrease in petrol price a “big relief”, says Minister

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Pretoria – Energy Minister, Tina Joematt-Pettersson, has welcomed the huge decrease in the fuel prices, saying they will be a big relief to motorists and users of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and paraffin, especially in low income households.

Dept monitoring areas prone to flooding

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Pretoria - The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) says while it continues to monitor the levels in all the rivers and dams in the country very closely, with higher emphasis on the areas more prone to flooding, there is no immediate threat of flooding at the moment.

Search for AirAsia plane’s black boxes

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Beijing - A team of multinational specialists will arrive at the suspected crash site of an AirAsia jetliner off Borneo Island on Friday, in an effort to help the search operation for the plane's black boxes.

Probe launched into cause of New Year stampede

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Beijing - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday requested an immediate investigation into the cause of a stampede that broke out during a New Year Eve celebration in downtown Shanghai.

New Year Message by President Jacob Zuma

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Fellow South Africans, We have come to the end of a special year, in which we celebrated 20 years of freedom and progress we have made in building a united, democratic, non-racial, non-sexist and prosperous South Africa.

Slight decrease in December road deaths

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Pretoria – The number of road crashes and fatalities between 1 December and 28 December have decreased slightly compared to last year.

2014 matric exams fair, credible: Umalusi

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Pretoria – The Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training, Umalusi, says the 2014 matric exams were fair and credible, despite incidents of copying in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.

Presidency addresses Independent article

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Pretoria - The Presidency says it is alarmed by what it describes as a personal attack on President Jacob Zuma by Max du Preez in an article that appeared in the Independent News titles today, which also contains factual errors.

Graduates benefit from Jacob Zuma Trust

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Pretoria – About 70 graduates, who benefitted from the Jacob Zuma RDP Education Trust, have told President Jacob Zuma how their lives and family conditions have changed.

E Cape prison escapees arrested

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Pretoria – Correctional Services Regional Commissioner Nkosinati Breakfast says there are strong leads that could help with the re-arrest of one escapee after 14 of the 15 Christmas Day escapees from Fort Beaufort Correctional Centre were apprehended in the Eastern Cape.