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GOVT, UNIONS TO RETURN TO BARGAINING
CHAMBER
30 August 2010
Pretoria - Government has responded
to President Jacob Zuma's directive to hold
urgent talks with union leaders to find a
solution that will bring an end to the
public service strike.
This follows a meeting between Zuma and
ministers at the weekend.
Government said in a statement that Minister
of Public Service and Administration Richard Baloyi had been consulting with union
leaders with a view to finding a settlement.
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GOVERNMENT REMAINS COMMITTED TO PROVIDE
SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE OF LIMPOPO
27 August 2010
The article by Yolande Nel entitled “No
state of urgency for Limpopo government”
that appeared in the Polokwane Observer
dated 27-29 August 2010 is factually
inaccurate and misleading.
It is common course that public sector
unions are embarking on industrial action.
However, since the beginning of the
industrial action alluded to above the
Limpopo provincial government has asserted
its commitment to provide services to the
people of the province particularly in
hospitals and clinics.
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ZUMA IN CHINA TO BOOST TIES
23 August 2010
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma
has arrived in China for a four-day
state visit to boost trade with China,
South Africa's largest export destination
by country.
The visit forms part of a worldwide
tour to expand ties with fast-growing
emerging economies. South Africa is
clamouring to become the fifth member
of the BRIC economies which comprise
Brazil, Russia, India, and China. Zuma
has already had interactions with the
Heads of State from Brazil, Russia and
India.
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Limpopo
Employment
Growth and
Development Plan
(LEGDP)
2009-2014
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GOVT TO SPEED UP HOUSING PLANS
17 August 2010
Johannesburg - Human Settlements Minister
Tokyo Sexwale has acknowledged that the
demand for housing in South Africa remained
very high and government would need to speed
up its plans to address the backlog
estimated at over 2 million.
Speaking at the launch of Lufhereng
Housing Project, a new housing development
initiative situated in Soweto, on Tuesday,
Sexwale agreed that the R18 billion set
aside by National Treasury for housing will
not be enough to meet the current housing
challenges.
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HOME AFFAIRS TO CRACK DOWN ON FRAUDULENT
IDs
17 August 2010
Pretoria - The Department of Home
Affairs is working on rolling out an online
Identity Document (ID) verification system
which is expected to crack down fraudulent
documentation.
The project will allow the South African
Social Security Agency (Sassa), banks,
insurance and retail sector, among others
real time access to the Home Affairs
National Identification System (HANIS), for
the verification of the identity of
prospective and current clients.
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MESSAGE BY PREMIER CASSEL MATHALE ON RAMADAAN
13 August 2010
This year 12th August 2010 marks the beginning of
a month long Ramadaan for the current year. The Muslim
community will be observing this special religious event
throughout the world.
Ramadaan is an annual religious event that presents an
opportunity to engage in fasting and renew ones commitment
to family and community bonds by among others increasing generosity. [read
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State of
Province Address
(SOPA)
2010
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WOMEN ENCOURAGED TO SEIZE FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES
09 August 2010
Polokwane - Women in Limpopo who are
interested in farming have been encouraged
to apply for funding through the Limpopo
Employment, Growth and Development Plan (LEGDP).
Addressing Women's Day celebrations at
Ga-Mphahlele outside Polokwane on Monday,
Premier Cassel Mathale said the LEGDP was an
effort by the province to fund women
cooperatives in agriculture in an effort to
break the cycle of poverty among women.
He said the LEGDP also provided funding for
business opportunities in the mining and
infrastructure development sectors. "We
should dedicate this Women's Day celebration
to women who continue to endure the
harshness of poverty, underdevelopment and
unemployment.
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LGDS Document
Provincial
2010
Financial
Year
Budget
Speech
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LIMPOPO TO HOST IN AS-FID 5TH WORLD
FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
06 August 2010
Polokwane- Limpopo, South Africa is the host
of the INAS-FID 5TH World Football
Championships for the intellectually
impaired people. The event is going to take
place from the 21 August to 12 September
2010 in Limpopo. Members of the media are
invited to attend a media briefing on the
championships.
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LIMPOPO WOMEN’S MONTH PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES 2010
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LIMPOPO TO COMPLETE ABANDONED RDP HOUSES
04 August 2010
Giyani - Limpopo residents, whose RDP
houses were never completed, have been urged
to come forward and register their cases
before the end of September.
Speaking in Govhu village outside
Malamulele near Giyani on Tuesday, Limpopo
MEC for Local Government and Housing, Soviet
Lekganyane, said many housing projects had
been abandoned by contractors.
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NEW INITIATIVE URGES S AFRICANS TO KEEP
PATRIOTIC SPIRIT
04 August 2010
Pretoria - With the World Cup
behind us, South Africans are being
urged not to shelf their patriotic
spirits but to instead direct it into a
new initiative.
The Lead SA initiative, which was
launched on Wednesday, challenges
ordinary South Africans to do the right
thing on a daily basis and to counter
the negative perceptions about the
country.
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