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A Green Goal 2010 programme has been launched ahead of the World Cup spectacle to ensure that the event is environmentally friendly.
President Jacob Zuma has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup is expected to inject R55 billion into the domestic economy, according to the Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi.
Ekurhuleni Mayor Ntombi Mekgwe has recommitted to protecting women and children, not only for 16 days but beyond the campaign.
The North West Public Safety Department is in a process to develop a Provincial Gender Action Plan which intends reducing sexual offences by 7 percent to 10 percent.
A 25-year-old man was shot dead and another was wounded while they were working on a car at a house in Muizenberg.
Two-year-old Randoline Fortune was raped until her insides ruptured, causing excessive bleeding and sending her tiny body into shock, the Parow Regional Court has heard.
A former Sun Valley security guard, who was convicted of the 2005 rape of a 14-year-old girl in Fish Hoek, collapsed in the dock at the Cape High Court after he heard he would have to spend 10 years behind bars.
A Saldanha woman is suing the ministers of Safety and Security and Justice after her husband was killed by a man she claims should have been behind bars.
The high levels of road construction ahead of the World Cup have resulted in a rise in vehicle-related injuries and deaths, says RoadCover, a membership-based service that processes claims against the Road Accident Fund.
Zimbabwe's three governing parties have suspended until Saturday their negotiations on outstanding issues impeding the work of the unity government after three days of marathon meetings.
CONTROVERSIAL former Department of Justice director-general Menzi Simelane was yesterday appointed new head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), prompting dismay in political and legal circles.
In more than 34 years as a judge, he has not been as deeply concerned by anything as he was by the recent comment of a South African deputy minister of police that police officers should shoot and "kill the bastards".
South Africa has secured an additional $108 million from the Global Fund to finance its HIV prevention projects over the next five years.
THE Rapaport Diamond Trading Network -- an overseas-based global network of companies that supports the development of free, fair and competitive global diamond markets -- said yesterday it had banned trading of diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange fields because of severe human rights violations.
Traffic in Pretoria was brought to a standstill on Thursday when members of the South African Navy marched through the streets in support of the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign.
International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana Mashabane has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
Home Affairs Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma is expected to hand over a house to the family of the late S'khumbuzo Mhlongo later today.
THE public debate between the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the African National Congress Youth League over nationalising mines rages on, despite efforts to keep it in-house.
FIFA said yesterday South African audiences would still be able to view World Cup matches next year even if outside broadcast vans were not delivered to the SABC on time -- it would just mean the absence of more localised content.
WHEN he was director-general of the Department of Justice, Menzi Simelane expressed a very different view of his new role as national director of public prosecutions than his predecessor, Vusi Pikoli.
THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) is not backing down in its quest to influence economic policy.
NAMIBIAN lightweight world boxing champion Paulus 'Hitman' Moses and trainer Nestor Tobias, were robbed of N$12 000 in cash and several other valuables after boarding a taxi at the OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg on Tuesday morning.
A new report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has revealed that poor women especially in Africa will be hardest hit by climate change because they are the poorest but also adds that they hold the key to climate change solutions.
Birchwood Conference Centre, Boksburg
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