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Police get tough on firearm controls

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Pretoria - The Police Ministry, in efforts to improve firearm control and curb losses, has tasked the Police Inspectorate with monitoring the South African Police Service's firearm management.

Health top brass visit children at Durban hospital

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Pretoria - Durban's King George V Hospital fell under the spotlight on Wednesday when Deputy Health Minister Gwen Ramokgopa and KwaZulu-Natal's Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo visited children at the hospital ahead of World TB day on Thursday.

Egypt arrives in SA for Afcon qualifier

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Pretoria - Egypt coach Hassan Shehata landed in South Africa this weekend with his 23-man strong squad to face Bafana Bafana in a crucial 2012 African Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier match.

Economic support programme to help SA

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Cape Town - An economic support programme, launched during the 2nd South Africa-European Union Summit, aims to assist the economic sector departments of the South African Government.

SACU ministers meeting gets underway

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Pretoria - The Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) Council of Ministers will gather in Pretoria this morning ahead of Friday's crucial SACU summit.

Workshop to improve Free State rural education

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Pretoria - In a bid to improve quality learning and teaching in rural schools, the Free State Department of Education is hosting a two-day rural education workshop to ponder learner support issues such as school transport, feeding schemes, hostels, HIV and Aids and learner pregnancy.

Home Affairs to finalise asylum seeker process

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Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs will be finalising the review of its Asylum Seeker Management Process which seeks to address challenges related to the management of asylum seekers holistically.

Dept condemns call to hit back at teachers

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Pretoria - The Basic Education Department has strongly condemned the statement allegedly made by the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) chairperson, calling on learners to hit back at teachers who use corporal punishment on them.

WC care workers' stipends under review

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Pretoria - While the Western Cape Health Department is satisfied with progress made in strengthening the fight against HIV and TB in the province, a need for the review of community care workers' stipends has been raised.

SA, Denmark strengthen relations

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Pretoria - South Africa and Denmark will today hold a meeting where discussions are expected to centre on advancing relations between the two countries.

SA marches towards fulfilling FIFA guarantees

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Parliament - South Africa is marching towards the successful fulfilment of the 17 guarantees given to FIFA to host the 2010 World Cup, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.