Skip to main content
Search SAnews

South Africa

Mangaung's final World Cup match thrills fans

97 views

Bloemfontein - Mangaung's final World Cup match ended on a high note on Sunday night with local and international visitors alike praising the host city for its hospitality and warmth.

World leaders aim to cut deficits

578 views

Pretoria - Leaders of the world's biggest countries have pledged to halve budget deficits by 2013 and stabilise or reduce government debt by 2016.

Today better than yesterday

133 views

Pretoria - Government says the lasting legacy that the 2010 football spectacle has left shows that "today is already better than yesterday."

Argentina to take on Germany in quarter-finals

119 views

Pretoria - An elated Argentinean side will face Germany in a quarter-final match on Saturday at Cape Town's Green Point Stadium, after defeating Mexico 3-1 in a knock-out match at Soccer City on Sunday.

S Africans can hold heads up high

166 views

Pretoria - The Nelson Mandela Foundation has given South Africans the thumbs up for being great competitors, good, loving sports fans as well as warm hosts of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

EC health raids illegal initiation schools

104 views

Pretoria - The Eastern Cape Health Department is currently raiding illegal initiation schools in the province in a bid to ensure that further lives are not lost during botched circumcisions.

High-risk patients urged to get shots

112 views

Pretoria - The Department of Health has urged high-risk patients to visit their nearest public health facility to get vaccinated against H1N1 influenza

Football for Hope centres on track

162 views

Johannesburg - Football body FIFA says it is on track to roll out about 20 Football for Hope centres across Africa after this year's World Cup.

EC health raids illegal initiation schools

110 views

Pretoria - The Eastern Cape Health Department is currently raiding illegal initiation schools in the province in a bid to ensure that further lives are not lost during botched circumcisions.

Radebe backs local coach

190 views

Johannesburg - Former Bafana Bafana Captain and 2010 FIFA World Cup ambassador Lucas Radebe has thrown his weight behind plans by SAFA to replace Alberto Parreira with a local coach.

Brazil, Chile to fight for quarter final slot

105 views

Pretoria - The next World Cup hosts, Brazil, will be looking to book themselves a place in the quarter-finals when they take on World number 18 Chile in a knock out match at Ellis Park Stadium on Monday evening.

Germany prepare to take on Argentina

144 views

Pretoria - German livewire striker, Miroslav Klose, says his team is ready to face Argentina in their quarter-final encounter at Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, on Saturday.

Brazil too hot for Chile

97 views

Durban - Five time world champions Brazil have eased into the quarterfinals after sweeping pass Chile in a Round of sixteen match at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.