South Africa

Johannesburg - The South African Revenue Service (SARS) will from October begin using a new and modernised programme when dealing with customs.

Johannesburg – With the 2014 Soccer World Cup around the corner, South Africa’s soccer administrators have been told to prepare a strong Bafana Bafana team to represent the nation in Brazil.

Pretoria - Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has called on all South Africans to participate in the drafting of South Africa’s third and final African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) country report.

Pretoria - Free tickets to the 2010 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Women Championship will be available today at Computicket, Shoprite, Checkers and Checkers Hyper outlets countrywide.

Pretoria - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has announced a further guarantee of R174 billion to allow Eskom to complete the construction of the Medupi Power Station in Limpopo and the Kusile plant in Mpumalanga.

Durban - The HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign is well on track to achieving its target, with more than 710 000 people having been tested for HIV in KwaZulu-Natal.

Pretoria - Family, colleagues and top police brass bid an emotional goodbye on Thursday to the seven policemen tragically killed in a helicopter crash in Mpumalanga.

Pretoria - Home Affairs Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma today welcomed the vote in the National Assembly, during which Members of Parliament adopted proposed amendments to the Municipal Electoral Amendment Bill.

Pretoria - South Africans will soon get a chance to comment on the Report on the Study on the Violent Nature of Crime in South Africa. Cabinet approved the report today, which it commissioned in 2007.

Johannesburg - Gauteng schools are rapidly moving towards a situation where 60 percent of the province's learners will not have to pay school fees.

Durban - The HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign is well on track to achieving its target, with more than 710 000 people having been tested for HIV in KwaZulu-Natal.

Pretoria - Public Service and Administration Minister Richard Baloyi today urged society to be vigilant against corruption, warning that it was the single largest threat to good governance.

Pretoria - The Basic Education Department is hoping to identify the gaps to fill before implementing its Action Plan to 2014: Towards the Realisation of Schooling 2025.

Upington - Investors are this week deliberating on a feasibility study into the creation of a mega solar park in Upington, where government envisages that some 5 000 MW of renewable energy could be produced.

Pretoria - Twenty seven South African beaches have achieved the Blue Flag status for excelling in safety, cleanliness, provision of amenities and maintenance of environmental standards.