South Africa

Pretoria - About 20 000 schools will next year receive workbooks to support the new National Curriculum Statement (NCS) and to improve learner performance in literacy and numeracy

Cape Town - With just two days until kick-off to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the Mother City's FIFA Fan Fest is all set to connect football fans globally across South Africa and five continents.

Johannesburg - Organisers of the FIFA pre-kickoff celebration concert, taking place at Orlando Stadium on Thursday, have promised the ceremony will be nothing short of the party of the decade.

Pretoria - The Department of Labour has started a public hearing process on minimum wages for taxi drivers.

Pretoria - The South African Air Force (SAAF) has since the beginning of the World Cup managed to successfully secure all airspaces around match venues

Pretoria - The City of Tshwane is seeing a successful 2010 FIFA World Cup out with a bang this week with an all-star line-up at the Fan Fest in Centurion, both on match days and non-match days.

Pretoria - The Ministry for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities has welcomed the decision by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to allow Caster Semenya to compete again in women athletics.

Pretoria - Recovery from the global financial crisis is fragile and uneven says Reserve Bank governor Gill Marcus

Johannesburg - If you're going to the final of the World Cup use public transport and get there early.

Pretoria - South Africa's top five innovative teachers are one step closer to the finals of the "World Cup" of education technology after winning their categories at Microsoft's Innovative Teachers Forum (ITF) Awards.

Johannesburg - The 2010 FIFA World Cup is set to kick-off in colorful, energetic, distinctly African musical fashion with a dynamic Opening Ceremony which is expected to be watched live by hundreds of millions of viewers in 215 countries.

Johannesburg - Orphaned 11-year-old Paul Jarvis' dream of meeting the country's first citizen in the flesh to "ask him a few questions" came true on Wednesday when President Jacob Zuma visited the Frances Vorwerg School in Johannesburg.

Pretoria - Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has published the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Guideline for Aquaculture in South Africa, for public comment in Gazette No. 36145 of 11 February 2013.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma says this Easter should mark the resurrection of hope for the nation.

Pretoria - The spirit of the FIFA World Cup has not only gripped South Africans but the rest of the world as the Football Federation Australia (FFA) has pledged to buy thousands of lap desks to help the education of African children.