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Braille ballot to assist visually impaired voters

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Pretoria - Visually impaired South Africans will now have the opportunity to cast their votes secretly for the first time on a Braille ballot sheet during the General Elections next week.

Orange Farm to get soccer pitch

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Johannesburg - Orange Farm will have a spanking new artificial football pitch by October, thanks to FIFA's World Cup legacy programme.

Mpumalanga prepares for fire season

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Nelspruit - With memories of the devastating veld fires that raged through Mpumalanga last year still fresh in their minds, authorities are leaving nothing to chance preparing for the coming dry season in the province.

Motlanthe opens three new schools in Limpopo

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Limpopo - Learners attending rural schools in Limpopo will no longer have to walk great distances, thanks to the opening of three new schools by President Kgalema Motlanthe.

Parents urged to immunise children

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Nelspruit - Parents have been urged to immunise their children against preventable diseases such as meningitis, measles and diarrhoea

Minister lashes out at SANDF protest

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Pretoria - Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Lindiwe Sisulu has lashed out at South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members who have indicated they will embark on a protest march to the Union Buildings, in Pretoria.

US, SA sign cooperation agreement on nuclear energy

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Vienna - The United States and South Africa have signed a bilateral agreement which is expected to assist both countries in developing nuclear power to support economic growth in a sustainable way.

SA pushes for peace in Sudan's Darfur

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Khartoum - South Africa is to continue with efforts to build peace in the restive western Sudanese region of Darfur, says visiting Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana Mashabane.