South Africa

Durban - As the world reflects on 2010, which has seen some historic moments, South Africans too are taking stock of the past year.

Pretoria - Examination quality assurance body, Umalusi, has given the 2010 matric exams its all important stamp of approval.

Pretoria - An outbreak of Rift Valley Fever has been confirmed in Graaff-Reinet and Kei Mouth.

Cape Town - Government has set aside a further R300 million towards flood relief programmes across the country, Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini announced on Friday.

Pretoria - Well over 1 000 people have lost their lives on the country's roads since the start of the festive season.

Pretoria - Residents living adjacent to the Crocodile River in Mpumalanga have been warned to be alert as heavy rains are predicted to continue over the next few days.

Pretoria - Free tickets are available for the All Africa Games second leg qualifier between South Africa's under 23 team Amaglug-glug and Angola.

Pretoria - With the destruction caused by floods in KwaZulu-Natal carrying a heavy price tag, the provincial Cabinet has declared some parts of the province disaster areas.

Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is expected to make an announcement on the nature of a sustainable intervention in support of the Eastern Cape Department of Education.

Pretoria - It may be a race against time for Zimbabwean nationals who have left it to the last minute to apply to regularise their stay in South Africa, but the Department of Home Affairs has urged them not to give up.

Pretoria - In a bid to root out crime in Durban and the surrounding areas, eThekwini Municipality and the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Community Safety and Liaison have launched Operation Hlasela in uMlazi.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates midfielder, Teko Modise, will appear before a disciplinary hearing this morning for going AWOL ahead of a crucial league match.

Cape Town - More than 400 000 children accessing Early Childhood Development (ECD) facilities are being subsidised by government, said Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini.

Pretoria - The selection trials for the South African under 20 women's national team (Basetsana) starts on Thursday until Saturday at the High Performance Centre (HPC) in Pretoria.

Pretoria - Two Home Affairs officials suspected of being part of a syndicate that sold illegal passports to foreigners were granted bail in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.