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Limpopo: 0. Mpumalanga: 0. That’s how many radiation oncologists these provinces have

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Meanwhile, a lone specialist in the North West caters for 3.7-million people as four provinces are forced to send patients to Gauteng.
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Why decommissioning Koeberg nuclear plant won’t be easy

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For South Africa decommissioning its nuclear plant Koeberg is a reality that cannot be ignored much longer
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Fukushima reactor ‘ice wall’ nearly finished

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Fukushima's operator on Tuesday started freezing the last section of a $320 million ice wall designed to combat widespread water contamination.
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Wi-fi market penetration linked to pregnancy

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Amidst accusations of scaremongering, a Chinese company made a router that they state is safer for pregnant women.
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Battle over cellphone masts in Northcliff

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Northcliff residents are going to war over the towers littering their view and - they say - their bodies. Is the radiation strong enough to hurt them?
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Japanese flee Fukushima in fear of nuclear radiation

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Okinawa is about as far away as one can get from Fukushima without leaving Japan, and that is why Minaho Kubota is here.
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Fukushima’s radioactive water leaks into Pacific Ocean

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Large quantities of radioactive water from Fukushima might have found its way into the Pacific Ocean and experts believe it could contain strontium.
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Japan nuclear plant stabilising ‘step by step’

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Japan said on Tuesday that the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant is gradually stabilising and the amount of radiation being released is falling.
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Japan works to avoid explosion at nuclear plant

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Workers at Japan's stricken nuclear plant on Thursday pumped nitrogen into a crippled reactor in a bid to prevent a possible explosion.
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Japan plugs leak from nuclear plant

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Workers at Japan's crippled atomic power plant on Wednesday plugged a hole spewing highly radioactive water into the ocean.
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Pressure on Japan to widen nuclear exclusion zone

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Pressure is on Japan to expand the evacuation zone around a stricken nuclear power plant after high levels of radiation were found outside the zone.
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Japan mulls reactor covers in nuclear crisis

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Japan was on Wednesday weighing a series of creative solutions to its unfolding nuclear disaster.
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Stranded commuters say Ramaphosa’s rail promises ring hollow

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Cape Town’s largest passenger rail line has been closed for months, hitting people’s pockets and adding to road traffic congestion
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National

Focus on FW de Klerk distracted attention from the troubling state of the nation

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Some political analysts say President Cyril Ramaphosa is taking too long to mend the country, others says it is the ANC itself that must be fixed
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National

Eastern Cape MEC orders graft investigation after two workers killed at troubled district municipality

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The killing of two council workers at the Amathole district municipality appears to be linked to tender fraud and corruption
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Press Releases

Press Releases

Response to the report of the independent assessors

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VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.
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NWU student receives international award

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Carol-Mari Schulz received the Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene Top Achiever Award.
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Academic programme resumes at all campuses

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Lectures, practicals, seminars and tutorials will all resume today as per specific academic timetables.
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Special Reports

Strategic social investments are a catalyst for social progress

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Barloworld Mbewu enables beneficiaries to move away from dependence on grant funding
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Special Reports

We all have a part to play to make South Africa work

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Powering societal progress demands partnerships between all stakeholders
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Special Reports

So you want to be a social entrepreneur?

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Do the research first; it will save money and time later
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Special Reports

Social entrepreneurship means business

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Enterprises with a cause at their core might be exactly what our economy desperately needs
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Looking inwards

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Businesses are finding tangible ways to give back – but only because consumers demand it
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Meanwhile, a lone specialist in the North West caters for 3.7-million people as four provinces are forced to send patients to Gauteng.

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