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Parly Committee to assess Irina damage

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Pretoria - Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs will today and tomorrow visit KwaZulu-Natal to monitor and assess the impact caused by tropical storm Irina.

Flood victims urged to ask for govt assistance

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Bushbuckridge - Mpumalanga residents who suffered damage to their homes during the floods that lashed the province in February have been urged to come forward and get assistance.

New 'first' for Africa's SKA prototype

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Pretoria - South Africa's KAT-7 telescope - a seven-dish array which is a precursor to the much larger MeerKAT telescope and a prototype for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) - has reached another milestone by producing the first atomic hydrogen spectral line images of a nearby galaxy.

CPI rises in January

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Pretoria - The Consumer Price Index (CPI) continued its upward trend, rising to 6.3% in January, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced on Wednesday.

Gauteng adds lanes around Ben Schoeman sink hole

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Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport, with the assistance of SANRAL, says it is putting all efforts into alleviating traffic congestion around the sink hole on the Ben Schoeman freeway just south of Jean Avenue in Centurion.

Thousands more to benefit from ARVs in North West

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Pretoria - The North West Department of Health is to add 48 000 patients to its antiretroviral treatment programme in the next nine months, an increase from the 151 589 people currently on treatment.

Multi-billion Rand port unveiled in PE

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Port Elizabeth - President Jacob Zuma on Friday moved to inject energy into South Africa's infrastructure plan when he officially opened the new multi-billion Rand Port of Ngqura, situated outside Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape.

Minister supports inquiry findings

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Johannesburg - Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has welcomed the findings and recommendations of the Nicholson Inquiry into the affairs of Cricket South Africa (CSA).

Do it for Madiba, Team SA!

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has encouraged South African Olympians to bring home the medals for former President Nelson Mandela from the upcoming 2012 London Olympic Games.

Voortrekker monument now a national heritage site

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Pretoria - The declaration of the Voortrekker Monument as the first Afrikaans national heritage site since the advance of democracy is a significant milestone to building a united and diverse South Africa, says Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile.

New school for rural KZN learners

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Pretoria - One of the most successful land restitution projects, owned by Amangcolosi Community Trust in KwaZulu-Natal, has handed over five new classrooms worth more than R1 million to Dulumbe Primary School.