South Africa

Pretoria - The ANC has surpassed the 10 million vote mark, according to the leader board set up at the Independent Electoral Commission's (IEC) results centre.

Johannesburg - The sound of vuvuzelas echoed throughout OR Tambo International Airport today, as South Africans emotionally welcomed back from Japan the brave men and women of Rescue SA.

Thohoyandou - The promise of what the 2010 FIFA World Cup will bring South Africa became a reality for the Thohoyandou community when they recieved a new artificial football pitch.

Pretoria - Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande is confident his new ministry will zone in and sort out the challenges facing tertiary institutions.

Pretoria - Over 90 percent of the votes cast in South Africa's fourth democratic elections have been counted.

Pretoria - Operations at the Master's Office in Pretoria have been temporarily affected due to a fire on Tuesday.

Johannesburg - The new head of the Gauteng Department of Education seems unfazed by the enormous challenge of breathing life into government's vision of turning around the country's education system.

Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission is expected to announce the results of the 2009 national and provincial elections on Saturday afternoon.

Pretoria - The North West Premier has set up a commission of enquiry into the dispute around the chieftainship of Bahurutshe Ba Moiloa Boo Ramotshere.

Pretoria - The Higher Education South Africa (HESA) board has appointed Jeffrey Mabelebele as its new chief executive officer with immediate effect.

Pretoria - Tensions ran high at the Independent Electoral Office's (IEC) Results Operation Centre in Pretoria earlier this afternoon when the African National Congress lost the two thirds majority it held earlier.

Pretoria - Deputy Minister of Public Works, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu has spoken openly about her challenges as a partially sighted woman.

Nelspruit - The Mpumalanga Water Indaba is expected to tackle the immediate and long term water problems affecting the province.

Pretoria -The ruling African National Congress has won the 2009 General Elections by a comfortable margin over opposition parties.

Nelspruit - Mpumalanga's new Premier David "DD" Mabuza announced his provincial cabinet on Tuesday.