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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.

Pretoria - Chairperson of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Irene Charnley has welcomed the approval of a R1.473 billion bank guarantee.

Pretoria - An investigation on the circumstances led to the amputation of the legs of a toddler treated for burns to her hands was unavoidable.

In the small and dusty town of Donkerhoek in Jacobsdal, just outside Bloemfontein, poverty and unemployment have ravaged the close knit community for years, writes Edwin Tshivhidzo.

Mafikeng - North West Premier Maureen Modiselle has warned heads of department that she will not tolerate corruption especially by senior officials in government.

Cape Town - COSATU on Thursday called for government to ensure the implementation of clear job-creation policies.

Johannesburg - Minister of Women, Children and People living with Disabilities, Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya, has called for perpetrators of abuse towards women and children to be given stiff sentences.

Pretoria - All 94 clinics in the Ekurhuleni region will be dispensing Antiretroviral (ARV) treatment from 1 April 2010.

Pretoria - The vehicle purchased for official use by the Deputy Minister of Correctional Services, Hlengiwe Mkhize, belongs to the state and is a tool to execute duties, says the Deputy Minister's spokesperson, David Hlabane.

Pretoria - The marathon United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, has entered its second week today.

Copenhagen - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for the ongoing Copenhagen climate change talks to translate the emission cut commitments into practical measures.