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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.

Economy expected to improve in second half

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Pretoria - South Africans can take comfort in the fact that despite the current recession, the economy is forecast to improve in the second half of the year.

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

Alleged drug smugglers appear in court

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Komatipoort - The two Mozambican men arrested for trying to smuggle drugs worth R52 million through the Lebombo border gate have appeared in the Komatipoort Periodical Court.

Pakistan explosion kills 23

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Islamabad - An explosion in eastern Pakistan's Lahore city has killed at least 23 people and injured over 200 others.