Pretoria - Paraguay squeezed through to the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup for the first time in their history as Yuichi Komano's penalty miss sent Japan crashing out of the tournament at Loftus Versfeld on Tuesday.
Pretoria - The Department of Health has expressed concern with the unnecessary deaths of young boys due to traditional circumcision.
Pretoria - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has sent a high level delegation to the North West to assess the situation that led to the closure of 19 schools in Tlakgameng Village
Pretoria - The Presidency has taken the lead in encouraging civil servants to participate in the HIV, Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign with more than 600 Presidency employees expected to undergo HIV testing
Cape Town - The Department of Home Affairs is to roll out a new queue system at its branches.
Pretoria - The impact of Tuesday's public servants strike on services at Home Affairs has been minimal, according to the department.
Pretoria - Authorities have put the brakes on the the roll-out of the Administrative Adjudication of the Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act to the country's four metropolitans.
Durban - Durban has heeded to the call to improve the country by doing their bit for 67 minutes on the former President's birthday on July 18.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday wished the Muslim community well ahead of the month of Ramadan.
Pretoria - Parking tickets for the international friendly between Bafana Bafana and Ghana at Soccer City tonight are available at Computicket.
Johannesburg - After conflicting media reports, FIFA confirmed on Wednesday that seven replica trophies valued at ?2100 (about R2100) each, were stolen from the football body's Johannesburg offices.
Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has lashed out at criminals who he says are using xenophobia as an excuse to create "anarchy and anxiety" in the country.
Polokwane - Limpopo police say they are proud to have delivered a safe and secure 2010 FIFA World Cup in the province.
Pretoria - Bafana Bafana head coach Gordon Igesund has been admitted to hospital for severe abdominal pains.
Pretoria - The Gauteng Provincial Government has kicked off a mobilisation campaign to drum up support for the Ghanaian national team, the only remaining African team in the World Cup.
