South Africa

Nelspruit- Youths listening to President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday during Youth Day celebrations in the Thulamahashe Stadium in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, say they were inspired by his words.

Johannesburg - Organisers of this year's FIFA World Cup have described the latest figures pointing to an increase in the number of people visiting South Africa since the beginning of the month as encouraging.

Johannesburg - World Cup organising committee boss Danny Jordaan on Saturday called on the South African Football Association (SAFA) to use the millions of rands generated by the tournament to develop grass roots soccer in South Africa

Pretoria - Government has revised its initial salary offer to public servants from 6.5% to 7%, Public Service and Administration Minister Richard Baloyi announced on Thursday.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana will be looking to level matters when they meet Uruguay in a Group A encounter at Loftus Stadium tonight. South Africa has not beaten the South Americans in their previous two meetings.

Pretoria - Thousands of colourful Bafana Bafana fans have started arriving at Loftus Versfeld Stadium ahead of the highly anticipated clash between the national team and Uruguay this evening.

Johannesburg - The star-studded line-up expected to dazzle South Africans and the world for the World Cup closing ceremony is gearing up for the mother of all parties.

Pretoria - The African Farmers’ Association of South Africa (AFASA) has applauded government for taking what it calls decisive steps to replace the ‘willing buyer, willing seller’ principle with the ‘just and equitable’ principle.

Johannesburg - The star-studded line-up expected to dazzle South Africans and the world for the World Cup closing ceremony is gearing up for the mother of all parties.

We are coming to the end of a historic, vibrant and very African FIFA Soccer World Cup.
When we won the rights to host the World Cup, we knew that working together we would be able to succeed. However, what has happened so far, has exceeded our expectations.
That is because of the role played by our people, the South Africans.

Durban- The Spaniards do not boast a celebrated past at the World Cup. In the 19 years of World Cup history, they have only managed to reach the final for the first time in 2010.

Pretoria - Paralympian Oscar Pistorius will this morning appear in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court facing a murder charge.

Pretoria - Stricter traffic measures will be enforced ahead of the final of the World Cup tonight, with the closure of a number of roads and restricting entry to others

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana's hopes of progressing to the next round of the 2010 FIFA World Cup were dashed when they suffered a disappointing 3-nil defeat in the hands of Uruguay on Wednesday evening.

Address by President Jacob Zuma at the National Youth Day celebrations