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More prudence needed in economic crisis response

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Pretoria – South Africa has joined the call by emerging markets and developing countries for more carefully considered global collective action in response to the economic crisis, ahead of its participation in the G20 Leaders’ Summit later this week.

Limpopo roads claim eight lives

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Polokwane - Despite attempts to lower accidents during the Zion Christian Church's (ZCC) September pilgrimage to Moria, eight lives were lost on Limpopo roads this past weekend.

Prelims kick off

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Pretoria – Matrics around the country on Monday got a taste of what awaits them in the final exams, as learners sat for the first day of preliminary exams.

Five taverns shut down in Limpopo blitz inspection

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Pretoria - Five illegal taverns have been closed down and fined to a total R83 500 in a blitz inspection operation in Polokwane and surrounding areas, the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) said on Monday.

Let's work on MDGs, Zuma tells MPs

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has emphasised the need for the Commonwealth to focus on meeting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals targets, what needs to happen beyond 2015, and also financing the MDGs.

Public consultations on land reform kick off

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Pretoria - The Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee on land reform and redistribution will this week embark on a nationwide public consultation programme as part of the re-opening of the land reform and redistribution process.

10 killed in bus crash after Reed Dance

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Durban – The number of people who died in a horrific bus crash near Melmoth in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday has risen to 10, including the bus driver, spokesperson for the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Kwanele Ncalane, told SAnews today.

Mchunu will not join Presidency

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Pretoria - The Presidency has dismissed media reports that KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Community Safety and Liaison, Willies Mchunu, will join the Presidency as special advisor on securi

Project to improve social services in 1 300 poor wards

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Cape Town – Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini on Sunday launched a new project to expand social services to 1 300 of the country’s poorest wards and called on community members to lend their support to the department and its agencies.

Madiba discharged from hospital

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Pretoria - Former President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from the Pretoria hospital where he had been receiving treatment for the past two months.

End police killings, urges Mthethwa

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Pretoria – At least 76 police officers were killed in the line of duty between April 2012 and March this year - an alarming number according to Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa.