South Africa

South African soccer fans are among the most colorful in the world, leaving lasting impressions on television screens with their colourful gear and sometimes near-silly antics

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says any possible restructuring of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has been deferred pending the finalisation of what the cluster must first conclude.

Pretoria - Three more cases of Rift Valley fever (RVF) have been confirmed by the National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD), pushing up the number of confirmed cases to 143.

Pretoria - Ninety seven percent of pregnant mothers have had access to antenatal care during their pregnancies with 71.4 percent receiving antenatal services five times during their pregnancy, a study by the Health Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has found.

Pretoria - The Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to keep the repo rate steady at 6.5 percent much to market expectation

Nelspruit - Mpumalanga's Department of Health and Social Development wants to eliminate malaria transmission by 2015.

Pretoria - Striking Transnet staff is set to march across the streets of Johannesburg today over wage issues with the parastatal.

Cape Town - The South African Government is to spend R16-billion on building new houses and human settlements for the poor in the next financial year.

Pretoria - The Department of Agriculture’s external comprehensive bursary scheme’s annual budget of R12.5 million needs to be increased to give more financial support to the majority of young people and women.

Durban - South Africa's security forces are ready for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, says National Police Commissioner General Bheki Cele

Durban - With the 2010 FIFA World Cup around the corner, the excitement and soccer fever has gripped the nation.

Nelspruit - Service delivery protests in Mpumalanga between September and March have cost almost R40-million in property damages

Pretoria - Afriqiyah Airways has confirmed that 13 South Africans were on board flight 8U 771 which crashed in Tripoli, Libya, on Wednesday morning.

Pretoria - About one million people have been voluntarily tested for HIV since the launch of the HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign earlier this year.

Pretoria - The migration on family cohesion will be among the highlights during a conference in North West, where various organisations will be exploring its impact.