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ANC leads as race nears end

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Pretoria - As the sun rose on Friday morning, two days after the country's fourth democratic local government elections, the results showed the African National Congress's (ANC) support seemed stable, while the opposition, Democratic Alliance (DA) may be set for its best performance yet.

Thousands benefit from tractor service to farms

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Cape Town - Thousands of people living in rural Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal have benefited from a government initiative that makes tractors and tractor drivers available free of charge to emerging farmers, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Tina Joemat-Pettersson said yesterday.

Home Affairs on track with Zim documentation

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Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs is on track to meet the July deadline it set to adjudicate the 275 762 applications received from Zimbabweans wanting to regularise their stay in South Africa.

Liberation heritage to be better documented

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Pretoria - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is concerned about the lack of readily available, documented liberation heritage and history on the continent.

Stop killing ambulance attendants: MEC

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Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo has called on community leaders to help stop the killing of ambulance attendants following a rise in the hijacking and killing of attendants.

Govt to spent R14.2bn on dams, water pipes

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Cape Town - Government plans to spend over R14.2 billion over the next three years vamping up dams and water distributions systems to ensure the country maintains a sustainable water-supply, the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa said.

Ekurhuleni targets to create 180 000 jobs

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Pretoria - Ekurhuleni mayor Mondli Gungubele has committed his municipality to create 180 000 jobs in the next five years in direct response to President Jacob Zuma's call for job creation.

One day left to enter tourism competition

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Polokwane - Black tourism entrepreneurs from Limpopo have one day left to enter the 2012 Emerging Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year Awards (Eteya) competition.

ANC leads as race nears end

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Pretoria - As the sun rose on Friday morning, two days after the country's fourth democratic local government elections, the results showed the African National Congress's (ANC) support seemed stable, while the opposition, Democratic Alliance (DA) may be set for its best performance yet.

Stern warning issued for unsafe mines

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Pretoria - Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu says her department will not hesitate to stop unsafe mines from operating in order to save workers' lives.

Boks line-up for Tri-Nations

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Durban - The Springboks had to draft Sharks lock Alistair Hargreaves into their starting 15 for Saturday's Tri-Nations Series Test against Australia in Sydney.

Soweto rail cleared after train accident

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Pretoria - Following the train collusion incident that involved two Soweto bound Metrorail trains yesterday, the technical team has cleared the scene by removing the two trains to the yard in preparation for the resumption of the normal train service today.

Youth get clued up on future of housing

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Durban - South African youth have been given an opportunity to gain insight into the future of housing and to present their vision to Human Settlements Minister, Tokyo Sexwale, on what they would like to see happen on the South African housing landscape in 19 years' time.