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Volunteers ready for World Cup

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Durban- Football teams have started arriving; fans are finalising their party plans and South Africa is brimming with pride with just days to go to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

GDP to return to 4% by 2011

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Pretoria - South Africa's growth trend is expected to return to 4 percent by 2011, says the Department of Trade and Industry (dti).

Calls for concert boycott ill-advised: Cabinet

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Pretoria - Cabinet has thrown its support behind the hosting of the World Cup kick-off concert scheduled for next week, saying calls for its boycott are "ill-advised."

International visitors flock to SA

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Pretoria - South Africa was definitely the place to be during June 2010, with almost 1 million foreign nationals visiting the country in that time.

SA to mark arrival of Indians in the country

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Pretoria - South Africa is to celebrate 150 years of the arrival of Indians in the country later this year, said President Jacob Zuma on his first Asian state visit to India on Wednesday.

Electricity plan to be released by year end

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Cape Town - South Africa will have a clearer picture on the future of its electricity mix and supply by the end of the year, said the Department of Energy's Ompi Aphane, Acting Deputy Director-General of Electricity, Nuclear and Clean Energy.

Medicinal plant project to assist village

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Pretoria - A R20 million medicinal plant conservation project in Limpopo is expected to advance the need for development, promotion and protection of natural, biological resources in the area.

Government condemns mine violence

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Pretoria - Government says it is saddened by the acts of violence that erupted at Anglo American Platinum’s Siphumelele mine in Rustenburg on Monday.

Football brings Hope to Alexandra

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Johannesburg - While the World Cup has brought the greatest football teams on the planet to South Africa, the Football for Hope Festival 2010 will assemble 32 teams that represent the power of the game to bring about social change

Mthethwa targets errant police officers

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Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa is tightening the noose on police officers who abuse their positions by addressing weakness within the organisation that investigates complaints of criminality and misconduct by police.