Pretoria - The on-form Bafana Bafana has a tricky task to accomplish on Tuesday - that is to beat star-dominated Portugal in an international friendly match to be played in Switzerland.
Johannesburg - South Africa's internet population is expected to grow as much in the next five years as it has in the 15 years since the internet became commercially available in the country.
Cape Town - The South African Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) has forecast that it will be able to create 1 800 jobs in the sector over the next year.
Bushbuckridge - Mpumalanga's Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Administration MEC Candith Mashego-Dlamini will inspect farming projects in Bushbuckridge on Friday.
Komatipoort - Some 165 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers have been deployed to patrol the international border between the Kruger National Park and Mozambique to combat poaching.
Cape Town - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says while interventions such as social grants remained a critical element in the fight against poverty, government ought to find more effective ways to bring marginalised communities into sustainable economic activities.
Cape Town - Government will meet its infrastructure deadlines well ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.
Cape Town - A fund for women's empowerment is to be established to enable women to start and develop their own businesses.
Cape Town - The success of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) lies in the collective hands of the nation, says Minister for Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation in the Presidency, Collins Chabane.
Pretoria - Six sites in Sharpeville are to be declared heritage sites on Monday, as the country marks national Human Rights Day.
Pretoria - Mineral Resources Director General Adv Sandile Nogxina is expected to mark the start of construction of a R6.3 million home for people with disability at Kwanzimakwe in Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal on Friday by conducting a sod turning ceremony.
Pretoria - As schools across the country opened for the third term this morning, the Department of Health said it was on standby to help them deal with any cases of the H1N1 influenza virus, or swine flu.
Cabinet held its ordinary meeting in Cape Town, on 16 March 2011.
Pretoria - The Department of Co-Operative Governance and Traditional Affairs is in the process of initiating further consultations with the communities of Matatiele and Moutse in Limpopo to assist government in the re-determination of their borders.
Pretoria - Nombulelo Moholi is to head up telecommunications company Telkom as its new Group Chief Executive Officer.
