South Africa

Pretoria - The upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying clash between Bafana Bafana and the Central African Republic (CAR) has been brought forward to Saturday, 8 June.

Pretoria – Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has commended police on the arrest of nine SAPS officers and seven Home Affairs officials at the Caledon Spoort Border Post in the Free State on Tuesday.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has encouraged South African businesses to invest in Nigeria and the continent so as to promote intra-Africa trade.

Cape Town – South Africa is well on track with the creation of an Assets Register that will for the first time accurately reflect the state’s assets, says Minister of Public Works Thulas Nxesi.

Cape Town – Youth entrepreneurs will have R2.7 billion in funding available to them with the announcement by Minister of Economic Development Ebrahim Patel that the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (Sefa) will put aside R1.7 billion in funding for youth entrepreneurs over the next five years.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Health has warned the public of a scam by a man who is allegedly offering employment at Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in exchange for money.

Pretoria – Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says the targeted matric pass rate of 75% by 2014 is well within reach.

Cape Town – Government’s anti-poverty strategy is helping to remove the obstacles inhibiting equal access to quality education for all children, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga told Parliament on Tuesday.

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma has called for the creation of an African Standby Force which the African Union (AU) can use to deploy rapidly to conflicts on the continent.

Pretoria - Western Cape Metrorail says the second phase of the (closed-circuit television CCTV) level crossing camera enforcement system will be extended to the Buttskop railway crossing in Cape Town, where a horrific crash happened three years ago.

Pretoria - The City of Cape Town is urging concert-goers of the Justin Bieber gig in Cape Town stadium, on Wednesday, to make use of public transport, especially trains.

Pretoria – Gauteng’s clinic outreach teams have conducted over 8 000 home visits in an effort to improve the quality and delivery of primary healthcare across the province.

Cape Town – The Department of Basic Education has agreed to attend to some of the demands made by the SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu), with the union in return agreeing to suspend all work-to-rule and other actions which may hamper teaching.

Pretoria - Germany remains an important agricultural investment partner for South Africa - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson said on Monday.

Pretoria – The Gauteng Health Department says it is working on improving the waiting periods for patients who are in need of surgery, and has implemented interventions to reduce the backlogs at public hospitals across the province.