Features

Pretoria - Durban is more than ready to play host to some of the biggest names in world football, says City Manager Michael Sutcliffe.

Pretoria - Minister for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya, has encouraged civil servants to participate in government's HIV/AIDS Testing Campaign (HTC).

Pretoria - The two-day Southern African Customs Union summit, scheduled for mid July, will take a look at challenges facing the Sacu, says International Relations DG Ayanda Ntsaluba.

Pretoria - North West MEC for Public Safety, Howard Yawa, says they are determined to get to the core of the rot in the police service.

Pretoria - Dr Stephen Sipho Mncube has been appointed the new chairperson of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA).

Pretoria - The National Prosecuting Agency (NPA) has labeled as "purely speculative" reports that a 15-year-old Jules High School girl admitted to having consensual sex with two boys.

Pretoria - Professor Ken Boffard, a trauma surgeon at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, has been elected world President of the International Society of Surgery.

Nelspruit - Three police administration clerks have been arrested in connection with a fake matric certificate scam.

Pretoria - Gauteng train commuters are advised to use alternative transport following an unplanned strike by some train drivers.

Johannesburg - A number of roads in and around Johannesburg will be closed to traffic for much of Sunday, 21 November, for the annual Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge.

Pretoria - The establishment of the Mining Industry Growth, Development and Employment Task Team (MIGDETT) has led to a mitigation of job losses in the mining industry from an initial estimated 100 000 to approximately 50 000.

Pretoria - Residents and motorists in the City of Tshwane are urged to be on alert as more thunder showers are expected for the entire week.

Nelspruit - The construction of two new schools to replace those that had to be vacated for the construction of the 2010 soccer stadium in Mpumalanga is expected to be completed by 31 March.

Pretoria - The North West is to intensify its road safety operations ahead of the Easter Holidays and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - The situation at Gauteng train stations remains calm as the Metrorail drivers' strike enters its second day.