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By Emily Visser
Johannesburg – The City of Johannesburg has marked the success of the first five years of the national urban development zone (UDZ) tax incentive, which has brought R5-billion worth of investment to its UDZ in the inner city.

Of this amount, investments to the value of R1-billion have already been completed, according to the city’s official website.

"Only two projects have not started, while the rest are under implementation,"...

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Johannesburg - More than 50 new schools will be opened in Gauteng this year and 150 science laboratories refurbished in previously disadvantaged communities, says Gauteng Education MEC Angie Motshekga.

Addressing the media during the provincial government’s quarterly media briefings in Johannesburg on Tuesday MEC Motshekga said the provincial government had improved school infrastructure including renovations to school buildings.

According to the Gauteng...

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By Michael Appel; tel: (012) 314-2419

Pretoria – Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has defended itself from recent allegations that miscalculations it could have made, have led to an overestimated inflation figure.

“There is no error in Stats SA’s calculation of the official inflation rate, which is the best measure currently available of changes in consumer prices.

“The reweighting and rebasing of the CPI is taking place according...

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Durban – The Provincial Champion Schools Tournament, which forms part of KwaZulu-Natal’s School Sport Mass Participation Programme (SSMPP), is set to kick off on 18 July 2008 at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
According to the provincial Department of Sport and Recreation, the recently launched SSMPP will come of age next week with the holding of the tournament.

Launched in the last quarter of 2006, the objective of the programme is to facilitate participation...

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