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 | Gauteng Premier David Makhura has appealed to residents of Reiger Park to help transform their townships into economic hubs that create jobs. read more>> |
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 | Ships arriving from West Africa pose a bigger threat of importing Ebola cases than flights into Cape Town International Airport from those countries according to SA's health authorities. read more>> |
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 | The South African SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has confirmed that it has completed the conceptual designs for the multi-billion-rand expansion of the R72 coastal road between East London and Port Elizabeth. read more>> |
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 | Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant says South Africa needs to find a solution for the failing labour bargaining structure. read more>> |
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 | Commuters boarding trains and taxis at the Pretoria Station will now have free access to breast cancer screening, thanks to the opening of Hello Clinic at the station. read more>> |
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 | Linda Ensor Transnet has secured a R6bn funding guarantee from US export credit agency US-Exim for the funding of the diesel locomotives the company is buying from General Electric (GE). read more>> |
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 | About 26 families from Khuma township in Stilfontein, east of Klerksdorp, whose homes were badly damaged by this week's earth tremor, are receiving temporary accommodation and basic supplies from government. read more>> |
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 | Health Ministers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss the state of readiness and develop a common approach in response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. read more>> |
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 | When Human Settlements Deputy Minister Zou Kota-Fredericks arrived at Nyanga East township in Cape Town to hand over a house to 74-year-old Egnas Dyidi, a pensioner who is bedridden by illness, started sobbing uncontrollably. read more>> |
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 | NEWSWATCH: SABC board chairperson Ellen Tshabalala says Hlaudi Motsoeneng cannot be punished for 'a lie he told 19 years ago', reports The New Age, and SA retailers won't boycott Israeli... read more>> |
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 | Western Cape Premier Helen Zille says the opening of a solar panel manufacturing plant in Cape Town is good for job creation and has the potential to create a number of secondary industries. read more>> |
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 | NEWSWATCH: Does the SABC have the rights to broadcast Bafana Bafana games live? The national broadcaster says it does, despite media reports to the contrary. read more>> |
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 | Linda Ensor Transnet is looking for R100bn from the private sector for investment in freight infrastructure over the next seven years‚ Transnet Freight Rail's Chief Executive Siyabonga Gama said at a media function. read more>> |
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 | Ntsakisi Maswanganyi Government can pump billions of rand into local industries through incentives but these will be ineffective if they happen in an environment of excessive administered costs, strikes and high wage demands, local producers warn. read more>> |
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 | Blacked-out documents relating to Sanral's tolling plans for the N1 and N2 highways in the Western Cape - that have kept secret for years - were released on Tuesday (5 August) by the Cape Town High Court read more>> |
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 | Issued by KPMG South Africa Our country has experienced great changes since 1994. South Africa's social welfare system is one of the largest in the developing world, and has helped narrow the gap of income inequality... read more>> |
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 | Anton Harber It is easy to review ethical decisions in journalism with hindsight, when one has the luxury of time to wonder whether a choice made under pressure was the correct one... read more>> |
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 | Nosihle Shelembe The Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, Parks Tau, says a year-long investigation into corruption and fraud at the City of Johannesburg has resulted in 22 arrests although more may follow. read more>> |
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 | Police Minister Nathi Nhleko has promised to work with the community of Westbury to root out criminals and to bring peace back to the area. read more>> |
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 | National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega has announced measures to stem gang violence in the country. read more>> |
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 | Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, has released government's framework for implementing the National Development Plan (NDP) over the next five years. read more>> |
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