South Africa

Johannesburg - Soccer fanatics visiting South Africa next year for the FIFA World Cup can rest assured that they will have adequate accommodation.

Mbabane - Southern African leaders have suspended Madagascar from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) for what they describe as an unconstitutional change of government

Mbombela - Mpumalanga Finance MEC Madala Masuku has encouraged departments to use the province's R33.7 billion budget wisely to help Mpumalanga meet its development goals.

Pretoria - South Africans will be disappointed that the streak of interest rate cuts over the past few months has come to an end, with the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) announcing that the repo rate will remain unchanged.

Pretoria - The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department intends to move its highly successful Operation Nomakanjani to other areas within its jurisdiction.

Pretoria - The Department of Health will embark on a campaign aimed at promoting immunisation in an attempt to curb child deaths.

Pretoria - The Centre for Public Service Innovation (CPSI), focused on promoting service delivery in the public sector, has been honoured with a prestigious award courtesy of the United Nations.

Johannesburg - Deputy Minister of Public Works Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu on Sunday visited construction projects at a correctional facility and a police station to check on the progress made.

Durban - President Jacob Zuma has reiterated that the economic downturn will not change the direction of South Africa's development.

Johannesburg - Bafana Bafana Coach, Joel Santana, affirmed that despite losing 1-nil to Brazil in the FIFA Confederations Cup semifinal last night, his team was in a transitional phase in improving its game.

Pretoria - Johannesburg Metro police have urged people to stay away from the city centre ahead of the threatened municipal workers strike on Monday.

Pretoria - Scores of soccer supporters who will descend on South Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and locals alike, will have the pleasure of traveling across the host cities using semi-luxury and inter-city buses.

Pretoria - The Tshwane Metro Police Department is to partner with the South African Police Service in a bid to gain control over the recent surge in violent crimes in the capital city.

Pretoria - South Africa joins the rest of the world today in commemorating the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

Madagascar - Madagascar's various political parties have agreed to get together in Mozambique in early August, in a bid to find a solution to the political crisis in the Indian Ocean island country.