South Africa

Pretoria - The process of categorizing people to serve on the National Planning Commission according to their field of expertise is underway, says the Presidency

Johannesburg - Interpol Secretary General, Ronald Noble. says they have no doubt that South Africa will be safe during the upcoming FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Health says it has sufficient resources to meet its obligations between now and the end of the financial year in March.

Pretoria - South Africa recorded a trade deficit of R5.7 billion in February, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) said on Wednesday.

Pretoria - Motorists, still feeling the pinch of the February fuel price increase, will endure another price hike next Wednesday, the Energy Department has announced.

Pretoria - Job creation, the roll out of infrastructure development projects, as well as interventions to improve service delivery are some of the issues expected to be outlined when North West Premier Thandi Modise delivers the State of the Province Address (SOPA) on Friday.

Pretoria – The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) will today hold a consultative summit in East London.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana humiliated Guatemala with a stunning 5-nil victory in yet another tune-up match for the World Cup at the newly built Peter Mokaba stadium in Limpopo on Monday evening.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana Assistant Coach Pitso Mosimane has announced the 23-man squad who will represent the nation in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - South Africa has strongly condemned Israel's attack on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla and called for a concerted global effort to find a solution to the question of Palestine.

Pretoria - An enthusiastic United States football squad touched down at OR Tambo last night for the upcoming FIFA World Cup, with high hopes of making the gains they made in this country last year, when they reached the finals of the Confederations Cup.

Pretoria - More than 40 000 South African Police Service (SAPS) members will be deployed to all nine host cities during the 2010 FIFA World Cup to ensure the safety of soccer fans and the teams.

Pretoria - African leaders need to reflect on the progress made with regard to peace on the continent and get to the root causes of conflicts, says President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - An almost 2 million-year-old hominid skeleton discovered in the Cradle of Humankind has been named Karabo.

Nelspruit- The Border Control Operational Coordinating Committee in Mpumalanga will put in place extra measures to prevent possible congestion at the province's busiest ports of entry during the FIFA World Cup.