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Pretoria - The deadline for Wasteman, the second-largest waste management company in South Africa, to stop operations at its Klerksdorp facility, has been extended.

Durban - Thirty-two-year-old Sibongiseni Gcwensa appeared in the Durban Commercial Crimes Court on Monday for allegedly defrauding the KwaZulu-Natal Health Department of nearly R20 million.

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.