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Nelspruit - Mpumalanga community safety MEC Sibongile Manana has urged the public to take advantage of the National Firearm Amnesty and hand in their unlicensed firearms.

Pretoria - Environmental and Water Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica has warned that government will crack down on people who make use of illegal water connections.

Johannesburg - With just 199 days until kick-off to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, FIFA has launched a Fan Fest which will connect football fans globally across South Africa and five continents.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has thanked the Indian community for its rich contribution, through culture and wisdom, towards the course of South African history.

Pretoria - Economists are expecting the newly rebased Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figure for the third quarter to show signs that the economy is on the mend.

Pretoria - Maize meal bags used as punch bags will be a thing of the past when a new state-of-the-art boxing gym is opened in Vhembe District, Limpopo today.

Pretoria - The Parliamentary precinct in Cape Town is a flurry of activity ahead of President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address (SONA) later today.

Pretoria - Green Scorpions have discovered 20 tons of medical waste buried at an unused Harmony Gold mine in Welkom.

Pretoria - Transport Minister Sbusiso Ndebele has conveyed his condolences after three children drowned in KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend.

Pretoria - South Africa has joined the international community in condemning Israel's plans to build 900 new housing units at Gilo, situated in East Jerusalem.

Cape Town - Members of the public have started making their way to Parliament ahead of President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address at 7pm tonight.

Pretoria - Home Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, will on Wednesday address the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Executive Committee on the challenges faced by her department.

Pretoria - The Department of Tourism is to launch the fifth and final Visitor Information Centre in Nelspruit next week.

Cape Town - From cutting edge designs to traditional wear, Members of Parliament (MPs) have once again lived up to the high expectations around dressing up for the opening of Parliament and the State of the Nation Address.

Johannesburg - Joburg will once again be in the international spotlight this weekend as 112 beauty queens from around the world take to the stage in a bid to be crowned the fairest of them all.