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 | A Department of Trade and Industry audit of arms deal offsets has found the number of jobs created as a result of the multi-billion rand deal could not be verified despite promises that many thousands would arise, adding credence to longstanding scepticism over offsets. Read more >>
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 | Working South Africans could be in for some nasty surprises when Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivers his Budget speech. Read more >>
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 | You have until 5pm to register. Read more >>
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 | The Department of Social Development has called on all non-profit organisations (NPOs) that are registered with the department, and haven't submitted their annual reports, to do so by March 31 in order to avoid being deregistered. Read more >>
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 | The government has spent more than R6m on legal fees to fight public and political opposition against e-tolls. Read more >>
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 | It won't be business as usual for players in the community media field, as a pledge for increased support from two prominent organisations is set to change how this sector operates from now on. Read more >>
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 | Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has invited the public and interested parties to submit comments on the draft Bio-prospecting, Access and Benefit Sharing (BABS) amendment regulations. Read more >>
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 | President Jacob Zuma says he was touched by IFP Member of Parliament, Mario Oriani-Ambrosini's impassioned plea, to have marijuana decriminalised. Read more >>
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 | South Africa will for the next five years enter a new "radical phase" where policies will have to focus more on economic transformation to address poverty, unemployment and inequality, claims President Jacob Zuma. Read more >>
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 | Linda Ensor Struggling South African Airways (SAA) will report a smaller loss in the year to end-March despite the ravaging effects of the weaker rand on fuel costs‚ the state-owned airline's chief executive‚ Monwabisi Kalawe‚ said on Wednesday (19 February). Read more >>
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 | Leon Louw South African Airways (SAA) has a new plan. No, not that plan, not last year's plan, or the preceding plan, or the succession of failed plans since the airline industry was nationalised in 1934, but a new one. There is nothing new in the plan, but it is a new plan. It is, as before, a special kind of plan, not for what will happen, but for what will not happen. Read more >>
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 | The adoption of the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Bill 2013 will be a significant milestone for the National Development Plan (NDP) and will support broader-based industrial growth says Trade and Industry Minister, Rob Davies. Read more >>
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 | Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) says the importance of collecting accurate data cannot be overstated, as it remains a vital pillar in Africa's development. Read more >>
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 | Franny Rabkin Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula acted in bad faith when she dismissed Armscor chairman Maomela Motau and his deputy Refiloe Mokoena‚ said Armscor's counsel in the Constitutional Court on Monday. Read more >>
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 | Linda Ensor Parliament's trade and industry portfolio committee has requested permission from the National Assembly to introduce changes to the National Credit Amendment Bill that were not in the original bill tabled by the Department of Trade and Industry. Read more >>
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 | The new Sol Plaatjie University in the Northern Cape opened its doors for the first time for learning on Monday. Read more >>
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 | Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has published regulations for national and provincial election to ensure fair and equitable treatment of contesting political parties by broadcasting service licensees. Read more >>
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 | The size of a chicken mattered so much to a Durban customer he allegedly attacked the manager of a chicken outlet with a panga. Read more >>
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 | The Gauteng Provincial Government is confident that its integrated approach to social crime prevention is delivering positive results. Read more >>
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 | Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has assured South Africans that any official found guilty in the "Waterkloof Two" video saga will face the full might of the law. Read more >>
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 | The Gauteng MEC for Infrastructure Development, Qedani Mahlangu, says there is a need to develop policies that address issues of energy security, social equity and environmental sustainability. Read more >>
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 | President Jacob Zuma has decribed Government's Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) as a success story which has benefitted more than 3.5m people since it was introduced in 2004. Read more >>
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