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Ministry welcomes porn channel decision

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Pretoria - The Ministry for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities has welcomed the announcement by MultiChoice that the company will not be proceeding with the idea to launch a pornographic channel on DSTV.

Military Veterans Bill on the cards

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Pretoria - The public has been encouraged to comment on the draft Military Veterans Bill, which is expected to honour and recognise the country's veterans.

SA's death rate drops

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Pretoria - South Africa's death rate has showed a decline of 1.8 percent from 2007 to 2008, said Statistics South Africa (Stats SA).

Presidency mourns passing of struggle icon

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Pretoria - The Presidency has sent condolences to the family and friends of anti-apartheid struggle icon Professor Fatima Meer who passed away on Friday.

Change on the horizon for fuel industry

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Pretoria - The Energy Department has set the wheels in motion on one of the biggest audits in the South African liquid fuels industry in a bid to speed up transformation.

Zuma to meet emergency workers

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will today visit the Roodepoort Fire Station in Hodgson Street to meet with emergency workers.

Table Mountain observes 'dark hour'

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Pretoria - Table Mountain in Cape Town is among the world landmarks that will go dark for Earth Hour from 8:30pm to 9:30pm on Saturday, 27 March

Matric results 101: The academic perspective

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Pretoria - The 2009 matric results have prompted education analysts to call on the Department of Basic Education and all stakeholders to work together in improving what many have called "a shocking and dismal" pass rate.

Gas to blame for mall explosion

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Pretoria - An investigation into the explosion that occurred at the Bloed Street Mall on Tuesday has pointed to liquid petroleum gas (LPG) escaping from the gas line to have caused the incident.

Gauteng calls for more buses, trains

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Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Bheki Nkosi has appealed to other public transport providers to increase their services around places affected by the taxi strike in Johannesburg.

Nutrition centre to study lifestyle diseases

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Pretoria - The Human Science Research Council (HSRC) has opened a nutrition centre to study the underlying causes of chronic lifestyle diseases, such as obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure.

KZN police launch manhunt for 8 prisoners

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Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal police have launched a massive manhunt for the eight men who escaped from the Durban Westville Correctional Centre yesterday.

Still no coach for Côte d'Ivoire

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Pretoria - With only 87 days before the start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Ivory Coast is yet to choose a head coach who will lead the team to the soccer showpiece in South Africa this winter.