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Supplementary exams end without glitches

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Pretoria - The National Senior Certificate (NSC) supplementary examinations has been concluded without any serious irregularity or incident, the Department of Basic Education said.

Public urged to be patient with busy hotline

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Pretoria - The Presidency has urged members of the public who do not get through to the Presidential Hotline the first time, to be patient, as the glitches will be sorted out.

SA, neighbours to sign environmental treaty

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Pretoria - South Africa is to sign an environmental treaty with the governments of Angola and Namibia, the Department of Environmental Affairs said on Friday.

Dept to pay funeral costs for maidens

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Durban - The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Arts and Culture has offered to pay the funeral costs of the two maidens who died in a stampede during the Royal Reed Dance at Nyokeni Palace in KwaNongoma at the weekend.

H1N1 deaths rise

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Pretoria - As the number of H1N1 Influenza deaths increase, with 20 lives being lost in the pandemic, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has issued a directive to healthcare workers to put all pregnant women with flu-like symptoms on Tamiflu.

NW police brutality an embarrassment - Mthethwa

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Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has described the latest incident of alleged police brutality in Lomanyaneng, in the North West, as an embarrassment to the South African Police Service (SAPS).

Tshwane to come to a standstill

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Pretoria - The capital city is expected to come to a standstill when the country's three medallists - Caster Semenya, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, and Tshepo Mokwena - will parade the streets.

Medalists land at OR Tambo

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Pretoria - The country's three medalists have landed at OR Tambo International Airport.

Kids get smart with money

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Pretoria – The distribution of money boxes and new money note brochures will form part of the activities lined up for Global Money Week.

High risk schools receive hand held metal detectors

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Cape Town - In an attempt to improve safety measures in schools in the Western Cape, all schools deemed high-risk in the province will receive handheld metal detectors in the coming weeks.

Economists predict lower CPI

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Pretoria - Economists are expecting the Consumer Price Index (CPI) figure, the official measure of inflation in South Africa, to continue its downward trend when it is released later this week.

Athletics SA lashes out at local media

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Johannesburg - Athletics South Africa's (ASA) President Leonard Chuene has lambasted local media claiming that the story that questioned Caster Semenya's gender emanated in South Africa and not Australia, as it was earlier claimed.