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Hundreds to honour Asmal

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Cape Town - Hundreds of people from across the country and beyond its borders are pouring in to the city today to pay tribute to the late former Minister of Education and Water Affairs, Professor Kader Asmal.

Professor Kader Asmal remembered

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Cape Town - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has described the late former Minister of Education and Water Affairs and ANC struggle hero, Professor Kader Asmal, as "a great African patriot who devoted his life to the fight against human oppression."

Revival of Ubuntu

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Pretoria - A country is defined by the values of its people, and in today's morally challenging times, it is encouraging to see South Africans collectively rise to the occasion of reconstructing society's moral fibre and good old fashioned Ubuntu.

Eastern Cape village to have a warmer winte

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Butterworth - It was an emotional moment for residents of a small Eastern Cape village as they got to enjoy the benefits of electricity for the first time today.

Getting SA to work

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Pretoria - Turning South Africa into a construction site - that is the new message President Jacob Zuma has been widely communicating since government first announced its massive infrastructure build programme earlier this year.

Infrastructure initiative to eradicate mud schools

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When President Jacob Zuma handed over the first of 49 schools built through the Accelerated School Infrastructure Development Initiative (ASIDI) in the Eastern Cape last month, he signalled government's broadest step yet towards the eradication of mud schools in the country.

Warning against illegal occupation of land

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Pretoria - The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform has warned people against acquiring or occupying land illegally, saying it would not refund anyone who had acquired land illegally.

Rabies outbreak under control in Gauteng

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Johannesburg - The outbreak of rabies in Gauteng is fully under control despite an incident where three people were bitten by a puppy with suspicious behavioural symptoms of the disease.

Table Mountain named new world wonder

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Pretoria - Celebrations erupted at Cape Town's V&A Waterfront on Friday night as Table Mountain was provisionally named a New 7 Wonder of Nature following a three-year global race to choose the world's seven most wonderful natural sites.

Oliphant pays tribute to outgoing ILO director general

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Pretoria - Labour Minister, Mildred Oliphant has paid tribute to the outgoing Director-General of the International Labour Organisation Juan Somavia, saying under his tutelage, the voice of labour was audible on the international stage.