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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma extended his well wishes once again to the South African National Cricket team on their first match of the Cricket World Cup against the West Indies.

Soweto - Ntombi Zondi* of Pimville, Soweto, always gets mixed emotions on World Aids Day. Ten years ago to the day, Ntombi tested positive for HIV.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated Ludwick Mamabolo, the 2012 winner of the Comrades Marathon.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana caretaker coach Steve Komphela will take charge of Bafana's second 2014 World Cup qualifier match against Botswana in Gaborone on Saturday.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana caretaker coach Steve Komphela is appealing to the nation to fully support Bafana Bafana ahead of their crucial 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil qualifier against Botswana.

Los Angeles - "The King's Speech" has garnered the Oscar for Best Picture at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony held at Kodak Theatre in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday night.

Pretoria - The Department of Sport and Recreation has confirmed the death of its Director General, Vernie Petersen.

Mbombela - Six thousand more people in Mpumalanga are expected to be checked or treated for illnesses on the Phelophepa health train.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Education has suspended a Meadowlands Secondary School Principal, Moss Senye for assaulting a student.

Pretoria - The National Lotteries Board (NLB) will kick off a series of nine provincial consultations in the build-up to a national conference to explore the future of National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF) funding.

Pretoria - South Africa is set to benefit immensely from the revisions to the African Horse Sickness (AHS) Code Chapter recently adopted at the General Assembly of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in Paris.

Pretoria - The South African Football Association (Safa) and Puma unveiled the new Bafana Bafana kit in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

Pretoria - South Africans had been called upon to support Table Mountain in its running to become one of the new 7 Wonders of Nature.

Pretoria - To mark the first anniversary of the start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Jo'burg residents will gather at the Expo Centre in Nasrec on 10 June, where they will get to relive the magic.

Cape Town - Limpopo's liquidity and solvency challenge has been solved and payments to suppliers have begun returning to normal, while a number of provincial departments that were last year placed under administration have been able to reduce overspending, the National Treasury told Parliament on Wednesday.