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Executed political prisoners remembered

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is to unveil a dedicated wall in the gallows at the C-Max prison with individual plaques for each of the 132 political prisoners executed there during the apartheid regime on 15 December.

Wild Banana Leaf Canopy on display at COP17

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Pretoria - The Department of Environmental Affairs will be using 25 000 Strelitzia Nicolai leaves - more commonly known as wild banana leaves - as natural shade during COP 17 in Durban.

More openness needed around HIV

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Johannesburg - SANAC Deputy Chairperson Mark Heywood said more transparency and open dialogue is needed to improve issues of stigmatisation around testing for HIV.

English paper manageable, say matrics

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Soweto - Matric pupils in some of the underperforming schools in Soweto are hopeful that they have done well in their English Paper 1.

Calls for zero discrimination in society

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Johannesburg - Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has challenged society to be tolerant and wage a fight against discrimination across all genders.

Unemployment among the educated rising

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Pretoria - Unemployment among the educated is increasingly becoming a phenomenon, says a report released recently by the Department of Labour.

New judges appointed

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed new judges for the Supreme Court of Appeal and various other High Courts in the country.

Exams off to good start for W Cape matrics

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Cape Town - Matrics in Cape Town have told Western Cape Department of Education MEC Donald Grant that the first written matric exam this morning was fair and covered the sections of the syllabus they had studied.

Fransman to represent SA at SADC meeting

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Pretoria - Marius Fransman, the Deputy Minister of International Relations, is to represent South Africa at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Council of Ministers meeting this week.

Climate change tops commonwealth meeting agenda

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Pretoria - Food security and climate change will take centre stage when President Jacob Zuma leads a delegation to the Commonwealth Heads of State and Government Meeting (CHOGM) this week.

Online gambling still illegal, cautions Davies

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Cape Town - Online gambling remains illegal in South Africa and banks could question those South Africans that netted winnings from internet gambling sites, the Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies warned today.