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Minister adds to call for AU rapid deployment unit

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Cape Town – Africans must stop blaming outsiders for the continent’s ills and unite to solve their own problems, the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation,, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, said today, echoing President Jacob Zuma’s call earlier this month for the setting up of a rapid deployment unit mooted by the AU.

UN commends SA's efforts to protect vulnerable children

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Pretoria - The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has lauded the South African government for the remarkable progress it has made in making essential services available to vulnerable children and youth, and keeping their parents and caregivers alive.

SA pair still missing in Yemen

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Pretoria - The Department of International Relations and Cooperation says they are doing all they can to secure the safe release of the two South Africans kidnaped in Yemen.

SA condemns on-going Syrian conflict

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Pretoria - South Africa says the political solution in the on-going conflict in Syria must be reflective of their will and aspirations, and protect the inalienable rights of ordinary people.

Zuma meets actor Danny Glover

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Cape Town – Danny Glover, a star of Hollywood and an anti-apartheid activist, popped in at Tuynhuys to visit President Jacob Zuma.

President Zuma to attend 5th TICAD summit

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will depart for Japan to join over 40 Heads of State and Government to attend the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-V) Summit to be held in Yokohama.

Awaiting trial inmates filling up SA prisons - Ndebele

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Cape Town – Out of a total prison population of 152 514, only 107 471 have been sentenced and are serving time, while 45 043 people or 29.5 percent are detainees on remand, who are clogging up the system.

Public comment sought on draft land claims bill

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Pretoria - South Africans are being urged to submit their written comments following the publication of the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill 2013 and the Memorandum on the Objects of the Bill.