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MPs should join other respected local and international groups to push for the decriminalisation of prostitution, rights activists have told Parliament's joint committee on HIV/Aids.
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has appointed the people who will head an inquiry into firearms, his department says.
New legislation has been tabled before Cabinet to replace the single public service bill, Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu Lindiwe Sisulu says.
The police ministry has welcomed a Constitutional Court decision not to change a cost order ruling.
The DA is to submit a private member's bill to Parliament to limit President Jacob Zuma's powers to appoint a new Special Investigating Unit head.
The Constitutional Court has refused the Justice Alliance leave to appeal a costs order relating to a Firearms Control Act ruling.
The Constitutional Court will hand down judgment relating to the costs of an application to the Supreme Court of Appeal over the Firearms Control Act.
Moves to tighten liquor-related laws such as the sale of alcohol and drinking and driving could be stepped up from this year, Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says.
The protection of state information bill remains a threat to South Africa's press freedom, the Freedom of Expression Institute says.
The Southern African Catholics Bishops' Conference has joined calls for President Jacob Zuma to refer the controversial protection of state information bill to the Constitutional Court.
Cabinet has approved the electoral amendment bill, which gives effect to a 2009 court order extending the right to cast special votes to South Africans living abroad.
Deputy Public Works Minister Jeremy Cronin has given assurances that the new expropriation bill would not lead to a frenzy of land claims by the state.
The DA will introduce a community safety bill in each of the nine provinces, its parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko says.
Cape Town residents will have another chance to comment on the liquor trading and hours by-law which came into effect this week, a city official says
Amendments to the Water Act and establishment of the Water Tribunal have been finalised and will be tabled before Cabinet this year, according to a report.
