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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will on Sunday join hundreds of people at a cleansing and healing ceremony in Taylor's Halt, Pietermaritzburg.

Mafikeng - North West MEC for Public Safety, Howard Yawa, has commended the arrest of a Lehurutse policeman who has been accused of kidnapping and murdering a suspect related to stock theft.

Musina - South African National Parks (SANParks) is challenging an application for a R3 trillion mining operation to be established at the entrance to the Mapungubwe World Heritage Site.

Johannesburg - Its all systems go for Wednesday's Election Day as electoral material for South Africa's fourth democratic elections has already been dispatched to over 2 000 voting stations across Gauteng.

Nelspruit - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has joined hands to ensure that South Africa has enough electricity during the 2010 Soccer World Cup.

Pretoria - Weather conditions in most parts of the country will be fairly good on Wednesday when millions of South Africans are expected to vote in the fourth democratic elections in the country.

Pretoria - The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has reduced tariffs by 10.38 percent for petroleum transportation through Transnet's pipelines for the 2009/10 financial year.

Pretoria - South Africa has lifted visa restrictions against Zimbabwean citizens visiting the country for a period of 90 days.

Pretoria - Pretoria residents and the general public have been reminded that streets around the Union Buildings will be closed on Saturday for the Presidential Inauguration.

Cape Town - PetroSA has urged its customers to make alternative arrangements during the company's planned maintenance shutdown from 22 September to 14 November.

Free State - Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has appealed to community members to give young offenders, who were incarcerated, a second chance.

Cape Town - The Communications Ministry has expressed concern over the details of the report released by the Office of the Auditor-General on the financial and organisational affairs of the public broadcaster.

North West - Correctional Services Deputy Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on Tuesday expressed concern at the number of young offenders, aged between 19 and 25, in the country's correctional facilities.

Ekurhuleni - The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality has appealed to members of the public to follow the correct procedures and respect other people's rights when slaughtering animals as part of their cultural beliefs.

Cabinet held its ordinary meeting in Cape Town this morning