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Thousands of students test for HIV

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Pretoria - An HIV testing campaign, targeting first-year students at universities across the country, has spread its message of awareness to young South Africans, with 21 000 students tested since the campaign started four months ago.

SA losing billions in tax evasion

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Cape Town - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said the country's fiscus was losing billions of rands under the guise of commercial transactions.

Maintenance backlogs to be resolved by 2013

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Pretoria - The backlog of maintenance at power stations should be resolved at the end of 2013, with the first unit of the Medupi power station expected to come on board in the same year, Eskom said on Friday.

Presidency addresses "unfounded allegations"

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Pretoria - The Presidency has spoken out on "unfounded allegations about President Jacob Zuma's so-called relationship with Lt-Gen Richard Mdluli" of the South African Police Service (SAPS).

Zuma pays tribute to Rev. Chabaku

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has sent his condolences to the family of the late Reverend Motlalepula Chabaku, who passed away on Friday.

Shiceka laid to rest

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Johannesburg - Mourners from across the country on Saturday bade farewell to former Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Sicelo Shiceka, who passed away two weeks ago.

Van Schalkwyk pushes for sustainable tourism

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Pretoria - South Africa needs to decide now where it wants to be in 2020 in terms of sustainable tourism, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Saturday.

ARV availability improves in Gauteng, says Mekgwe

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Pretoria - Gauteng Health MEC Ntombi Mekgwe has assured the people of Gauteng that the availability of the antiretroviral drug, Tenofovir, has improved substantially in the province over the past weeks.

Zuma in Benin for AU talks

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Sunday travel to Benin for the meeting of the African Union Heads of State and Government Ad-hoc Committee on the election of the members of the African Union Commission, the Presidency said.

Govt hails improvement on land reform

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Pretoria - Government says in its Mid Term Review report, released on Friday, in overall at least 6.8 million hectares of land have been transferred to beneficiaries between 1994 and 2011, through its Land Acquisition and Redistribution Programme and the Land Restitution Programme.

AU leaders meet in Benin

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Pretoria - The consultative meeting of the African Union (AU) ad-hoc committee gets underway in the Benin capital, Cotonou, this morning.