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Illegal fishing suspects to appear in court

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Pretoria - Three suspects are expected to appear in the Cape Town Magistrates Court today in connection with illegal abalone fishing activities, said the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF).

MPs assess service delivery in Gauteng

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Johannesburg - Members of Parliament in the National Council of Provinces are busy this week, assessing the impact of service delivery in Gauteng.

SAA receives two major honours

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Pretoria – South African Airways (SAA) has scooped two major endorsements from respected industry experts - FlightStats and a leading travel trade magazine in Europe.

Public comment sought on protected species regulations

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Pretoria - Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has published for public comment the regulations related to listed Threatened or Protected Species (ToPS) in Gazette No. 36375 of 16 April 2013.

President Zuma extends SANDF troops’ deployment

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has informed Parliament of the extension of the deployment of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Sudan until April 2014.

Support needed as drought hits NW

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Pretoria - The North West province has put in place dedicated funding for emergency relief to mitigate the effects of drought on livestock in the province.

State would need to prove public use, interest in expropriation

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Cape Town – Government departments and municipalities wishing to expropriate property under a new Expropriation Bill will have to conduct a thorough investigation to prove that any expropriation will be done so in the interest of the public, or that property will be put to public use, the Deputy Minister of Public Works Jeremy Cronin says.

School suspends learner involved in stabbing incident

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Pretoria - The Head of the Gauteng Department of Education has instituted an independent investigation into the incident,where a learner at DF Malan High School in Meyerton was stabbed on Tuesday morning.

Telkom to pay R449m administrative penalty

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Pretoria – Telkom will have to pay a penalty of R449 million, which had been imposed on the company by the Competition Tribunal last year for abusing its dominance in the telecommunications market between 1999 and 2004.