South Africa

Pretoria - South Africans who still wish to purchase 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets will be relieved to know that a few thousand additional tickets have gone on sale today.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma opened the first crucial Heads of State and Government Summit of the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) with a call for a change in the way the union operates

Pretoria - South Africa's unemployment rate rose to 25.2 percent in the first quarter of 2010, according to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Tuesday.

Pretoria - The Department of Water Affairs has pledged to work closely with municipalities to strengthen their capacity and improve reporting on water-quality systems.

Pretoria - The North West Department of Health has set an ambitious target of circumcising 70 000 men per annum to prevent the ongoing transmission of HIV.

Pretoria - Operations at the Rusthof Old Age Home in the Western Cape are back to normal following a blaze there, that claimed the lives of three people over the weekend.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated Minister Sbu Ndebele for his appointment as Chancellor of the University of Zululand, hoping that he would take the institution to the next level.

Pretoria - Technical experts are working around the clock to improve the World Cup ticket selling system, to avoid any future inconvenience, says FIFA.

Pretoria - South Africans who still wish to purchase 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets will be relieved to know that a few thousand additional tickets have gone on sale today.

Cape Town - Government plans to boost up support to small businesses and co-operatives by introducing a new co-operatives policy.

Pretoria - Government is working around the clock to secure the release of four South African peacekeepers kidnapped in Sudan this week.

Pretoria - The country's reputation as a world-class destination would be further entrenched after the FIFA World Cup, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has told MPs.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is among the delegates participating in the three-day World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa which starts in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, this morning.

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education has gazetted a policy aimed at promoting regular school attendance of learners by instituting proper recording and monitoring systems

Pretoria - A specialist team from the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) will follow up on the Auditor General's report on alleged governance transgressions and weaknesses at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).