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New measures to ensure authentic IDs

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Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs is to introduce new measures to clean-up the population register in order to retain the integrity of Identity Documents (IDs) and passports internationally.

SA condemns North Korea's nuclear test

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Pretoria - The South African government has joined the international community in condemning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) underground nuclear test on Monday, calling it "unacceptable."

Health MEC apologises for shortage in baby formula

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Johannesburg - Gauteng MEC for Health and Social Development Qedani Mahlangu has apologised to those mothers who were inconvenienced by the shortage of baby formula in a provincial hospital.

SA's GDP drops by 6.4% in first quarter

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Pretoria - South Africa's Gross Domestic Product in the first quarter of 2009 contracted by an annualised 6.4 percent, Statistics South Africa announced on Tuesday.

Health services to continue despite strike - dept

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Pretoria - The Department of Health says it will do everything possible to ensure the delivery of health care services in public hospitals continues amid threats of strike action by some doctors on Friday.

Big screens to bring Confeds Cup closer to rural people

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Ilembe - Residents living in rural areas under the Ilembe District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal who don't have electricity or can't afford to buy a television set will not miss out on the action during the FIFA Confederations Cup