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Eight arrested for fraud, corruption

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Pretoria - Eight people, among them three government employees, have been arrested for corruption, fraud and money laundering in a blitz by police in Durban, Pietermaritzburg and Cape Town.

Eskom signs loans to fund power expansion

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Pretoria - Eskom has signed two export credit agency loans that will be used to fund the Ingula Pump Storage scheme and the Medupi power station.

Motlanthe eyes investors for SA

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Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe is using his two-day visit to the UK to lobby business to invest in South Africa.

Biko's foundation keeps leader's vision alive

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Johannesburg - It's almost 33 years since Bantu Stephen Biko died in the custody of the apartheid police and over the past decade the Steve Biko Foundation has worked to make this extraordinary leader's vision a reality for South Africans.

World Cup made SA a better place

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Pretoria - The Department of Mineral Resources yesterday assured the Portfolio Committee on Mining that government was working towards solutions to deal with problems posed by ownerless and derelict mines as well as acid mine drainage.

World Cup made SA a better place

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Pretoria - The 2010 FIFA World Cup made a big difference in all South Africans' lives Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Wednesday.

More military health workers deployed

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Pretoria - More South African Military Health Service (SAMHS) officials have been deployed to ensure hospitals and clinics remain open and provide health care as the public service strike enters its ninth day.

PPI slows to 7.7% in July

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Pretoria - Producer Price Index (PPI) in July slowed to 7.7 percent year-on-year, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Thursday.

Hard work ahead for cops

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Pretoria - Cabinet has welcomed the release of the national crime statistics, saying it illustrates government's commitment to seriously fight against the scourge of crime.

Heritage Day to celebrate hosting of World Cup

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Pretoria - This year's national Heritage Day will honor the contribution made by all South Africans in making the 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament a success, Cabinet said on Thursday.

SANDF records biggest deployment during World Cup

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Pretoria - The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the South African National Defence Force's (SANDF) most extensive and biggest deployment on home soil, says Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Thabang Makwetla.

Govt condemns disruption of exams

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Cape Town - With just 38 days to go before the start of the final matric exams, Cabinet has condemned "in the strongest possible terms" protests taking place in some parts of the country by pupils, who in some instances have disrupted matric preliminary examinations.

Business confidence goes up

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Pretoria - Business confidence among retailers improved in the third quarter of 2010, says the Bureau for Economic Research (BER).