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Military veterans to have easy access to hospitals

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Pretoria - The Department of Military Veterans is to embark on a programme of issuing healthcare cards to military veterans so that they can have easy and free access to the country’s health military hospitals.

Calls for communities to help reintegrate offenders

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Pretoria - Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has reiterated calls for communities to play their part in ensuring that offenders serving sentences outside correctional centres are reintegrated as law-abiding citizens.

Govt concerned about crime, corruption

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Pretoria – Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe has highlighted a need to intensify efforts to combat corruption, warning that it disables the state from delivering on its mandate to improve the lives of all people.

Former President Mandela in hospital

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Pretoria – Former President Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital in Pretoria on Saturday afternoon for a scheduled medical check-up to manage existing conditions in line with his age, the Presidency said.

Zimbabweans called to participate in referendum

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Pretoria – The Summit of the Troika of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation has urged Zimbabweans to participate in that country's upcoming referendum in order to pave the way for the holding of peaceful and credible elections.

Making magic on Mandela Mondays

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Pretoria - The Nelson Mandela Foundation has found a new way of honouring Madiba that spans beyond the internationally recognized Nelson Mandela Day on July 18.

Communication stakeholders to meet

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Pretoria - Key role players in South Africa's communications industry will gather in Midrand this week for the Annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Information Society and Development hosted by Communications Minister Roy Padayachie.

SA eyes stronger ties with Brazil

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Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana Mashabane will later today jet off to Brazil for a state visit to that country.

ANC wins 2009 General Elections

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Pretoria -The ruling African National Congress has won the 2009 General Elections by a comfortable margin over opposition parties.

Inflation to come down - SA Reserve Bank

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Pretoria - South Africa's inflation will come down as growth prospects fluctuate, the South African Reserve Bank has reported in its Monetary Policy Review (MPR) for May.

Joburg's metro police chief resumes duties

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Johannesburg -The Chief of the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD), Chris Ngcobo, has resumed his duties after being cleared of corruption charges in August.