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Over 1 500 voting station open across Mpuma

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Mbombela - More than 1 500 voting districts will be opened across Mpumalanga at the weekend to give prospective voters a chance to register for the upcoming local government elections.

Boks back Proteas

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Durban - Springbok vice captain Victor Matfield has sent a message of support to the Proteas in the build-up to the ICC Cricket World Cup.

Prisoners give back to the community

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Pretoria - From refurbishing a dilapidated creche to hosting a musical festival, Gauteng's prisoners will put their best foot forward next week during the Corrections Week Campaign.

Schools HIV testing on track

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Pretoria - The Ministries of Health and Basic Education will in due course outline to the nation the full details of the schools-based HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign.

Participate in democracy, youth told

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Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is hoping to register more young people during this weekend's voter registration ahead of the 2011 local government elections.

Poaching accused gets R1m bail

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Polokwane - The Musina Magistrate's Court in Limpopo has granted bail to the 11 people accused of rhino poaching.

SA, Spain hold successful talks

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Pretoria - South Africa and Spain are committed to facing mutual challenges together, International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Deputy Minister Marius Fransman said on Wednesday at the end of a two-day Annual Bilateral Consultation between the two countries.

Big names to attend SA Defence Expo

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Pretoria - The Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition - AAD 2010 - has attracted some of the world's biggest names in the industry.

Jhb tackles billing problems

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Pretoria - The City of Johannesburg has hit back at claims that it denied the existence of billing problems, saying it is well aware of the extent of the problem and determined to deal with it.

Massive cyclone bears down on Queensland

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Brisbane - The flood ravaged northern Australian state of Queensland is now within 12 hours of facing down what experts are saying is the most powerful cyclone to hit Australia in generations.

New head for GCIS

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Pretoria - Jimmy Manyi, the Director-General of the Department of Labour, will take over from Themba Maseko as Chief Executive Officer of GCIS and Cabinet spokesperson with immediate effect.

SABIC opens new office in CT

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Pretoria - One of the world's largest petro-chemical company Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has opened an office in Cape Town.