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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has called for urgent and structured consultations between organised labour and the National Energy Crisis Committee (Necom) task team that is deliberating...
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The new board for KwaZulu-Natal Growth Fund Agency (KZNGFA) has been announced. The agency is a provincial public entity which falls under the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development,...
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