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WC sounds last bell for school applications

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Pretoria - Western Cape parents, who have not applied to enrol their children for 2012 or have been unsuccessful in the first round, are being encouraged to use the second round of application, which is currently underway.

One of SA's most wanted arrested

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Pretoria - One of South Africa's most wanted criminals is back behind bars after he was arrested by police last night shortly after entering the country.

Foot and mouth disease isolated: Dept

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Pretoria - The Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries says the viruses involved in the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in KwaZulu-Natal has been isolated

Bafana to face Burkina Faso without Dikgacoi

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Pretoria - Bafana Bafana central and defensive midfielder, Kagisho Dikgacoi, will miss tonight's international friendly against Burkina Faso at Coca-Cola Park stadium in Johannesburg.

Govt warns solar water geyser installers

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Pretoria - Government will take stern action against service providers who do not comply with standards involved when installing solar water geysers, Energy Minister Dipuo Peters said.

Zuma jets off to Burundi

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will leave today to visit the Republic of Burundi with the aim of strengthening relations between the two countries, his office said on Wednesday.

Low lending rate, forex will shield SA - Reserve Bank

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Cape Town - South Africa's low lending rate and the Reserve Bank's stockpiling of more than $50 billion in foreign currency would help shield the country from some of the turmoil experienced by global markets in recent days, Johan van den Heever, the Reserve Bank's deputy chief economist said today.

Ndebele to appeal sentence posed on drunk driver

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Pretoria - Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has instructed his legal team to lodge an appeal against the suspended five-year prison sentence imposed on a driver found guilty of culpable homicide and reckless and negligent driving.

Home Affairs gears up for elections

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Pretoria - The Department of Home Affairs is pulling out all the stops to ensure that those who need Identity Documents (IDs) to cast their vote on 18 May have every opportunity to obtain them.

Youthful SA side down Tanzania

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Durban - An almost unfamiliar Bafana Bafana side defeated Tanzania 1-nil in an international friendly at the national stadium in Dar-es-Salaam on Saturday.

Business confidence falls in July

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Pretoria - The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Business Confidence Index (SACCI) fell to 99 points in July from 102.4 in June.

Cape military veterans set for Reserve

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Pretoria - Defence and Military Veterans Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has announced that some of the Cape military veterans who can still participate in the Reserve Force of the SANDF will urgently be incorporated into the force.