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Celebrating Freedom Fridays with 'selfies'

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Pretoria – South Africans are encouraged to show their pride, wear their colours, take a ‘selfie’ and upload it on social media using the hashtag #FreedomFridaySelfie and/or #20YOFSelfie.

Gender summit reviews progress, challenges

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Pretoria - South Africa has many milestones worth celebrating in its journey to achieving gender equality in the past 20 years, says the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana.

Management of remand detainees improves

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Pretoria - More than 380 awaiting-trial detainees, who were in custody in correctional centres for more than two years, are no longer in remand detention, the Department of Correctional Services (DSC) said on Thursday.

Ekurhuleni remembers Chris Hani

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Pretoria - The City of Ekurhuleni will this morning host the commemoration of the 21st anniversary of the assassination of former SA Communist Party (SACP) leader, Chris Hani, at the Thomas Nkobi Memorial Park in Boksburg.

Marking of NSC supplementary scripts completed

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Pretoria – The marking of the 2013 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Supplementary Examination scripts have been concluded, the Basic Education Department announced on Thursday.

Parliament sets up Nkandla ad hoc committee

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Pretoria - Speaker of Parliament Max Sisulu has established an ad hoc committee which will consider submissions by President Jacob Zuma to the Public Protector’s Nkandla report.

Govt meets religious leaders

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Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe this afternoon led a government delegation in a meeting with leaders and representatives of the religious sector.

SA, Mozambique MoU to help address wildlife crimes

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Pretoria - South African and Mozambique will next week sign a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of Biodiversity, Conservation and Management, which will help in the fight against rhino poaching.

Minister tackles discrimination in the workplace

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Pretoria – Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant says despite the fact that South Africa has come a long way in the last 20 years of democracy, more needs to be done to change attitudes to end discrimination in the workplace.

Eskom Pension Fund commits R100m for housing

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Pretoria - The Eskom Pension and Provident Fund has committed R100 million to the development of 20 000 new affordable homes, through an investment in global private equity funder, International Housing Solutions.

Forty lucky learners to further education

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Pretoria - Forty learners from disadvantaged backgrounds in Polokwane have been chosen to further their education at tertiary level, thanks to bursaries from the municipality.