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Pretoria - The North West is to intensify its road safety operations ahead of the Easter Holidays and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - The situation at Gauteng train stations remains calm as the Metrorail drivers' strike enters its second day.

Pretoria - The country's laws that govern medical parole are up for a major overhaul, if the recommendations by a task team currently reviewing the medical parole policy are supported by Parliament.

Polokwane - Several learners from both primary and high schools around Limpopo have been awarded certificates of appreciation for their efforts in helping police to curb crime over the festive season.

Pretoria - The search for two residents, who went missing after their shack was washed away in floods, continues in Phomolong, Ekurhuleni.

Pretoria - Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele on Tuesday called on individuals to take part in the upcoming Road Safety Summit as officials try to intensify the fight against road accident deaths.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is keen to change the way government works with the farming industry, saying the partnership needs to be "more action driven."

Johannesburg - The Department of Health has recommitted itself to the primary health care level as the foundation of the country's national health system.

Pretoria - The bodies of a mother and her six-month old son, who were swept away by flash floods in Phomolong near Tembisa, were recovered yesterday.

Pretoria - A man who held up a bank at a Midrand mall threatening to detonate a bomb has been arrested, police said.

Pretoria - The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is working on setting up a Hotline which will iron out problems faced by farm dwellers.

Pretoria - Thousands of Grade 12 learners around the country will today sit for a two-hour Life Sciences Paper 1 and Afrikaans Paper 2.

Pretoria-The Public Protector's report on the Declaration of Interests by the Executive is being treated with the seriousness it deserves and everything will be done to ensure compliance said the Presidency.

Johannesburg -Former South African cricket boss Ali Bacher has become the latest sport administrator to support the introduction of goal line technology in football.

Pretoria- More than 8 000 poor families in the North West Province will benefit from a new road maintenance programme said Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele.