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Banyana defender off injury list

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Pretoria - Central defender Janine van Wyk and midfield star Gabisile Hlumbane are off the injury list and back in the 25 member-strong Banyana Banyana squad, to prepare for next Saturday's Olympic qualifier return leg against Zambia.

Massive road maintenance to create jobs

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Cape Town - Government says it plans to create at least 120 000 jobs in 2011 through a massive road maintenance programme that will include maintenance of secondary roads and pothole patching projects across the country.

Dlamini Zuma returns to SA

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Pretoria - Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will return to South Africa tomorrow after wrapping up a meeting of the 61st Session of the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Executive Committee in Switzerland.

Book at testing stations

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Pretoria - Ekurhuleni residents who have been unable to make an appointment for their drivers' licence following the decision to suspend the centralised call centre system last week can now make bookings at any testing centre.

Scholar transport operators feel the heat

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Pretoria - The Department of Transport in the Eastern Cape has prosecuted 173 scholar transport operators since the start of the academic year on Wednesday.

Govt mulls new tax to punish water polluters

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Cape Town - The South African government has hinted at the introduction of a new environmental tax in an effort to address future eruptions of acid mine drainage (AMD) in a country where the economy largely depends on mining.

Save the rhino

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Pretoria - The Environmental Affairs Department has set up an interim National Wildlife Crime Reaction Unit (NWCRU) aimed at responding to the upsurge of rhino poaching and smuggling of rhino horn.

MECs, mayors to play key role in New Growth Path - Patel

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Cape Town - Improved planning and co-ordination between national and provincial governments and municipalities will be central to the New Growth Path, the Minister of Economic Development, Ebrahim Patel, announced today.

SA clinches five medals

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Pretoria - Team South Africa has nabbed five medals at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

Doctors called to support primary health care

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Pretoria - The responsibility of strengthening primary health care should not only be left on nurses, but doctors' support is equally critical to effectively strengthen the level of health care.

Ugandan president, Zuma in talks

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Pretoria - Bilateral cooperation, economic relations, the recent referendum in Sudan and the political impasse in Ivory Coast will feature high on the agenda of discussions between President Jacob Zuma and his Ugandan counterpart, Yoweri Museveni.

Put safety first, says Mdladlana

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Pretoria - The time has come for workers to start prioritising workplace health and safety issues, says Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana.