South Africa

Johannesburg - The national squad were lucky to get some Madiba Magic on Wednesday - and much needed too - ahead of their Confederations Cup encounter with Brazil.

Cape Town - Minister of Communications Siphiwe Nyanda says he will welcome the dissolving of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board, describing it as dysfunctional.

Cape Town - No further injuries have been reported following the fires which broke out on Table Mountain in Cape Town.

Cape Town - The celebrations for former South African President Nelson Mandela's birthday on 18 July, is gaining momentum with Cabinet endorsing a call to declare the birthday, a global Mandela Day.

Pretoria - South Africa's banking system has remained stable with banks being adequately profitable despite the economic turmoil experienced in international financial markets, said the South African Reserve Bank (SARB).

Cape Town - Minister of Sport and Recreation Makhenkesi Stofile said his department will work tirelessly to deracialise sports in South Africa as part of transformation and building social cohesion.

Grahamstown - As the National Arts Festival gets underway today, visitors attending the event can rest assured that security at the festival would be tighter than before.

Pretoria - The Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to hold their regular meetings more often to allow for more effective planning and quicker reactions to changes in the economy

Nelspruit - Mpumalanga farmers will soon have access to all the advice and technical facilities they need to make a success of farming.

Pretoria - The Gauteng provincial Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) department is closely monitoring the City of Johannesburg's billing system as part of its intervention strategy.

Antananarivo - The black box of the Yemen Airbus A310, which crashed early on Tuesday off the Comoros, has been located under the Indian Ocean.

Pretoria - Gauteng Health and Social Development MEC, Ntombi Mekgwe, will unveil a new aimed at bringing health services to the doorsteps of those in need across the province.

Johannesburg - Minister of Human Settlement Tokyo Sexwale has clarified media speculations that government will evict people living in informal settlements to hide them from tourists during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - South Africans are still faced with human rights challenges which have shifted them away from their culture and values, says South African Human Rights Commission Chairperson Jody Kollapen.

Durban - A job creation programme that involves fixing potholes which started in Tshwane will be rolled out in the rest of the country.