South Africa

Pretoria – The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) will today hold a consultative summit in East London.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana humiliated Guatemala with a stunning 5-nil victory in yet another tune-up match for the World Cup at the newly built Peter Mokaba stadium in Limpopo on Monday evening.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana Assistant Coach Pitso Mosimane has announced the 23-man squad who will represent the nation in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - South Africa has strongly condemned Israel's attack on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla and called for a concerted global effort to find a solution to the question of Palestine.

Pretoria - An enthusiastic United States football squad touched down at OR Tambo last night for the upcoming FIFA World Cup, with high hopes of making the gains they made in this country last year, when they reached the finals of the Confederations Cup.

Pretoria - More than 40 000 South African Police Service (SAPS) members will be deployed to all nine host cities during the 2010 FIFA World Cup to ensure the safety of soccer fans and the teams.

Pretoria - African leaders need to reflect on the progress made with regard to peace on the continent and get to the root causes of conflicts, says President Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria - An almost 2 million-year-old hominid skeleton discovered in the Cradle of Humankind has been named Karabo.

Nelspruit- The Border Control Operational Coordinating Committee in Mpumalanga will put in place extra measures to prevent possible congestion at the province's busiest ports of entry during the FIFA World Cup.

Nelspruit- Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, has been given a resounding thumbs-up by FIFA President Sepp Blatter.

Pretoria - The Masakhane Primary School in Roodepoort may be proudly South African, but on Wednesday the Australians will attempt to win them over.

Johannesburg - West Ham United striker, Benni McCarthy, was the major casualty when the Bafana Bafana final 23-man World Cup squad was announced on Tuesday.

Pretoria - South African referee, Jerome Damon, is among the 19 out of the 29 referee trios who has been retained for the quarter-final games by the FIFA Referees Committee.

Pretoria - Seventy-six families are to receive new houses to commemorate Youth Month, the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) said on Tuesday.

Pretoria - One of the 2010 FIFA World Cup surprise packages, Korea DPR, arrived at OR Tambo airport a short while ago, to take part in the upcoming football spectacle.