Features

Pretoria - To help accelerate household targeting and indigent support initiatives, government has developed and implemented the Credible Indigent Policy Assessment Framework.

Johannesburg - Jubilant soccer fans have already started to take their seats at the Ellis Park stadium ahead of the 4pm kick-off to the FIFA Confederations Cup.

Johannesburg - Local bars, restaurants and entertainment places are expected to stay open until the early hours of this morning to accommodate the large number of soccer fans who will be celebrating the opening of the FIFA Confederations Cup.

Pretoria - The South African Department of Safety and Security has signed an agreement with the French Embassy to strengthen the country's capacity in the fight against transnational organised crime and terrorism.

Pretoria - The Department of Land Affairs and Agriculture has reallocated a farm north of Pretoria to a new land reform beneficiary who will use the land in a sustainable way.

Thohoyandou - Seven relatives who were killed when their bakkie crashed into the Mutale River near Thohoyandou in Limpopo over the weekend will be buried during a mass funeral on Saturday.

Pretoria - The combination of a strengthening Rand and weakening crude oil price is boding well for South African motorists with the price of fuel set to drop substantially at midnight on Tuesday.

Pietermaritzburg - More than 3000 non-section 21 schools in KwaZulu-Natal will have their textbooks and stationery on or before the first day of the 2009 provincial school calendar year.

Pretoria - The Department of Health has urged the public not to panic over the reported cases of meningitis, especially in Gauteng.

Kokstad - Thousands of KwaZulu-Natal residents have gathered at the Riverview Stadium under the Sisonke District Municipality to commemorate Youth Day.

Pretoria - The Tshwane Community Safety Department has expressed satisfaction with the smooth operations during the 2009 Confederations Cup match between Italy and the USA.

Zimbabwe - South African Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma is currently in Zimbabwe to discuss the humanitarian situation in that country and how the two countries can strengthen cooperation.

Rustenburg - The North West Department of Health has reported the first case of cholera at the Job Shimankana Hospital.

Rustenburg - Police are leaving nothing to chance ahead of tonight's match between Bafana Bafana and New Zealand at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg.

Cape Town - Authorities in Cape Town have arrested hundreds and fined more than 14 000 people for traffic law violations since the start of December.