South Africa

Pretoria - Senior police officials say the crime situation in the country will not be given a chance to go back to where it was before the 2010 World Cup.

Pretoria – Mpumalanga Education MEC Reginah Mhaule will on Friday convene meetings with various education stakeholders in a bid to improve teaching and learning in underperforming schools in Govan Mbeki Municipality.

Pretoria - Radio programmes, weekend classes and toll free lines are some of the initiatives the Mpumalanga Department of Education has initiated to help learners catch up on teaching time lost during Tuesday's public servants' strike.

Pretoria - The City of Tshwane will this morning engage bus drivers who have downed tools in a bid to end their current strike action.

President Jacob Zuma is greatly honoured to have the opportunity to play in the Special Olympics Unity Cup which will take place in Cape Town before the 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter final match on the 3rd of July.

Pretoria - Portsmouth and Ghana midfielder, Kevin-Prince Boateng, has been withdrawn from the Black Stars squad ahead of their friendly against Bafana Bafana at Soccer City tonight.

Cape Town – South Africans need to take ownership of the country’s development, National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel said on Wednesday.

Johannesburg - Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica says her department is concerned about the impact of deteriorating water quality in the country and has called on role players to come up with ways to avert the situation.

Mafikeng - North West Premier Maureen Modiselle will visit international soccer fans in the United Kingdom and Spain to market the province ahead of the 2010 spectacular.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appealed to South Africans as well as foreign nationals to unite and work together to isolate and report to the police any xenophobic threats

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana goalkeeper, Itumeleng Khune, remains focused and hard at work preparing for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has arrived in the Brazilian capital Brasilia to attend the India-Brazil-South Africa summit.

Pretoria - Operations at Durban's new airport, King Shaka International, got off to a smooth start with the first flight taking off five minutes ahead of schedule this morning said Airports Company South Africa (ACSA)

Durban- Bafana Bafana coach, Carlos Alberto Parreira, announced the 29-man squad that will take part in the final training camp in Johannesburg in May.

Johannesburg - Mention the name Nelson Mandela and the world automatically pictures the iconic man who brought freedom and democracy to South Africa.