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"Fly the Flag for Football" campaign launched

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Johannesburg - The "Fly the Flag for Football" campaign was launched in Johannesburg on Wednesday to build public excitement, awareness and support leading up to the two historic soccer events in South Africa.

SABC is ready for 2009 FIFA Confeds Cup

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Johannesburg - The South African Broadcasting Corporation says it has acquired the sophisticated infrastructure needed to bring the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and the subsequent 2010 FIFA World Cup to billions of fans worldwide.

Cabinet congratulates Springboks on win

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Pretoria - Cabinet has congratulated the world champion Springbok Rugby Team for their convincing victory against the Australians at the weekend.

NYDA unveils its ambitious plan

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Johannesburg - The newly established National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has set itself an ambitious target of recruiting one million young people to participate in its national youth service programme.

NCOP critical in govt planning - Motlanthe

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Cape Town - Members of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) have a crucial role to play in assessing the implementation of government's priorities in the next five years, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.

R2bil pumped into KZN water

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Johannesburg - The Department of Water Affairs is to spend more than R2 billion on the construction of a massive dam that is expected to provide water to more than two million people in KwaZulu-Natal.

Presidency needs more long-haul aircraft

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Pretoria - Deputy Defence Minister Thabang Makwetla says it's a concern that there is currently only one airplane in the Presidency's fleet which is able to fly long-haul distances

Cabinet urges communities to report criminals

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Pretoria - Cabinet has called on communities to work with law enforcement agencies by providing information that will lead to the arrest of criminals involved in the recent spate of robberies across Gauteng.