Mmabatho - The North West Provincial Government is confident that the FIFA inspection team will declare that Rustenburg is ready to host both the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup when it visits the Royal Bafokeng Stadium on Thursday.
Bloemfontein - Universitas, in Bloemfontein, is the first academic hospital in the country to take possession of a Symbia T scanner - a single photon (gamma-ray) detecting camera system integrated with a computed tomography (x-ray) system.
Pretoria - The Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) and the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) management are expected on Thursday to sign an agreement that could see an end to a three-week strike at the institution.
Mafikeng - The North West Provincial Government has budgeted R420 million for job creation through the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP).
Johannesburg - The once uninhabitable and murky City Deep Hostel has been converted into an attractive family space, complete with play grounds for children.
Pretoria - The Department of Transport has dispatched a team of investigators to look into the cause of several accidents at the weekend which left more than 20 people dead.
Pretoria - Motorists, who were issued with traffic summons in Johannesburg for less serious offences between 1 November 2008 and 11 February 2009, might be in luck to and have them withdrawn.
Pretoria - Two of South Africa's most historic archival collections have been listed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's (UNESCO) Memory of the World International Register.
Pretoria - The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) will reopen on Friday with classes resuming on Monday, following a signed agreement between Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) and the university's management.
New York - Wall Street plunged on Thursday with the Dow Jones average dropping below 7 500 to a six-year low on financial woes and a grim economic outlook.
Pretoria - The sprint is on for tickets to Africa's very first FIFA World Cup with ticket application forms available from most FNB branches as well as on the fifa.com website from 1pm local time on Friday.
Cape Town - The Western Cape nature conservation agency, CapeNature, will receive an urgent boost of R2.5 million to assist with serious losses during the latest devastating fire in the Cederberg Nature Reserve.
Polokwane - The Polokwane local municipality is refurbishing its civic centre in the hopes that it will help to improve service delivery.
Pretoria - Despite a recommendation to increase the remuneration of office bearers by 7 percent, President Jacob Zuma has approved an adjustment of only 5 percent.
Pretoria - North West MEC for Public Safety Howard Yawa has expressed condolences to the family of a murdered Potchefstroom businessman.
