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SA: Committee to monitor transformation at varsities
Johannesburg – Higher Education and Training Minister Dr Blade Nzimande has announced the establishment of an Oversight Committee on Transformation in South African Public Universities. The committee will advise the...
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SA: Send your budget tips to the minister
Pretoria – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has invited the public to submit their tips on what they would like to see in the National Budget, which he will table next...
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Tunisia: UN expert group calls for guarantees on gender equality and women’s rights advancement
The United Nations Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice called on the Government of Tunisia to adopt stronger constitutional provisions on gender equality and non-discrimination,...
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SA: Opportunities for people with disabilities improving
Kanyamazane – The Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities has worked hard to ensure that people with disabilities are no longer only offered sheltered employment but can now...
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UNAMID peacekeepers construct women’s market in Jebel Marra, Central Darfur
In their latest effort to support development in Darfur, Rwandan peacekeepers from the African Union – United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) completed the construction of a market for...
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SA: Zuma concerned over MDGs
Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has expressed concern that sub-Saharan Africa is unlikely to meet the targets set out in the Millennium Development Goals. But the knowledge of this possibility...
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SA: Minister calls for economic development agency for women
Pretoria – More needs to be done to empower women in the informal sector and it is necessary to establish an economic development agency for women, says Trade and Industry...