South Africa

Nelspruit - Soccer fans in Mpumalanga have been urged to buy tickets for the FIFA World Cup matches between Chile and Honduras on June 16, and Australia and Serbia on June 23

Nelspruit - Mpumalanga's Department of Education has urged all schools in the province to introduce a compulsory study period for matriculants to prevent a repeat of last year's poor results

Pretoria - The South African Football Association (SAFA) refuses to say what steps it is taking to resolve trademark issues surrounding the name Bafana Bafana

Johannesburg - Bafana Bafana coach, Carlos Alberto Parreira's main objective is to win all warm up friendly matches lined-up against his team before the kick-off of the FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - Stricter rules at Limpopo's initiation schools has resulted in not one death being reported in the province so far this winter, a fact welcomed by the House of Traditional Leaders.

1. The protracted crisis in Madagascar has remained a matter of great concern to the Malagasy people, SADC, AU, UN, OIF and the international community as a whole.

Pretoria - South African Airways (SAA) acting CEO Vuyisile Kona has been placed on precautionary suspension.

Pretoria - Thousands of train commuters will be left stranded on Monday as the two major transport unions will be embarking on a national strike over wage increases

Johannesburg - A team of health experts have found that a highly virulent outbreak of gastroenteritis was the cause of death of six babies at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital earlier this year.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has joined thousands of mourners in expressing his condolences to the family of Dr Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert, who passed away on Friday.

Cape Town - Journalists from across the world have hailed Cape Town as one of the friendliest and most beautiful cities, according to a report compiled by the city's tourism agency.

Durban - Memory Ngwazi and her family arrived promptly at 10am on Saturday at the Suncoast Casino to take photos of the World Cup Trophy.

When 24-year-old Mphafi Mamapepe lost her job as a facilitator last year, her biggest fear became a reality. While she was uncertain of what lay ahead, her determination to support her one year old son and her family set her on a different path. Today Mamapepe is one of hundreds of beneficiaries of government's Training of the Unemployed Project which aims to minimise the negative effects of the recession, Edwin Tshivhidzo reports

Cape Town - The Mother City's tourism agency is confident that the recent World Cup would have a multiplier effect on the number of future arrivals of international visitors to the city, despite the number of tourist arrivals during the event having been lower than expected.

Nairobi - At least seven people have died in Samburu in Kenya's Rift Valley Province as floods continued to wreck havoc across the country at the weekend.