South Africa

Pretoria - The impact of Tuesday's public servants strike on services at Home Affairs has been minimal, according to the department.

Pretoria - Authorities have put the brakes on the the roll-out of the Administrative Adjudication of the Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act to the country's four metropolitans.

Durban - Durban has heeded to the call to improve the country by doing their bit for 67 minutes on the former President's birthday on July 18.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday wished the Muslim community well ahead of the month of Ramadan.

Pretoria - Parking tickets for the international friendly between Bafana Bafana and Ghana at Soccer City tonight are available at Computicket.

Johannesburg - After conflicting media reports, FIFA confirmed on Wednesday that seven replica trophies valued at ?2100 (about R2100) each, were stolen from the football body's Johannesburg offices.

Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has lashed out at criminals who he says are using xenophobia as an excuse to create "anarchy and anxiety" in the country.

Polokwane - Limpopo police say they are proud to have delivered a safe and secure 2010 FIFA World Cup in the province.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana head coach Gordon Igesund has been admitted to hospital for severe abdominal pains.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Provincial Government has kicked off a mobilisation campaign to drum up support for the Ghanaian national team, the only remaining African team in the World Cup.

Pretoria - British soccer fan Joseph Pavlos' legal woes in South Africa are officially over after he paid a fine today for trespassing into the English team's dressing room.

Johannesburg - After conflicting media reports, FIFA confirmed on Wednesday that seven replica trophies valued at 2100 Euros (about R21000) each, were stolen from the football body's Johannesburg offices.

Pretoria - Government wants to see at least 26 percent of historically disadvantaged South Africans getting a stake in the mining industry by 2014.

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.