South Africa

Pretoria - Ghana will carry the hopes of Africa in the continent's first World Cup after the Black Stars managed to qualify to reach the next round of the tournament.

Pretoria - Three thousand health workers countrywide will be trained in tuberculosis (TB) management to help strengthen TB control.

Pretoria - The Department of Labour is investigating the death of a Transnet worker who died after falling from a working platform in Bloemfontein.

Pretoria - South Africans have been called on to emulate former President Nelson Mandela's life by participating in this year's Nelson Mandela Day.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma and Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan are in Canada for the G20 summit that will look at the state of the world's economic affairs

Pretoria - More than 20 000 inmates in prisons across KwaZulu-Natal will receive HIV counselling and testing.

Pretoria - Household spending rose to 5.7 percent in the first quarter of 2010 compared to the fourth quarter of 2009.

Johannesburg - The Local Organising Committee (LOC) on Thursday urged South Africans to rally behind Ghana as the West African country takes on the United States in one of the crucial last sixteen matches on Saturday.

Pretoria - In an attempt to improve relations with the media, government will facilitate Cabinet interaction with the South African National Editors' Forum and the Foreign Correspondence Association, to ensure increased media access to the Executive.

Pretoria - The South African government is still investigating the motive behind the shooting of former Rwandan army chief, Kayumba Nyamwasa

Pretoria - Real disposable income of South African households accelerated to 5.1 percent in the first quarter of 2010, the Reserve Bank said on Thursday

Mbombela - Mpumalanga residents who attend Mandela Day celebrations on Saturday will be able to apply for birth certificates, ID books and social grants at the same time

Johannesburg - It is probably every child's dream to be a mascot at a FIFA World Cup, especially if the tournament is in their country.

Pretoria - Department of Labour inspectors are investigating yet another death reported on Wednesday afternoon of a worker who was fatally injured by an explosion of a fuel tanker at a Sasol plant in Sasolburg, Northern Free State

Pretoria - Government, in collaboration with the business sector, is planning a lekgotla that will look into how best the country can take advantage of the positive opportunities created by the 2010 FIFA World Cup.