South Africa

Cape Town - Soccer fans that have tickets to the 2010 FIFA World Cup and needed a visa to visit South Africa will be able to obtain them for free on entering South Africa.

Bloemfontein - It's all systems go for the City of Roses as they get ready to host their first FIFA World Cup night game between Switzerland and Honduras.

Pretoria - Soccer fans can now apply for the final match tickets of the 2010 FIFA World Cup when the eleven FIFA Ticketing Centres open their doors tomorrow in all the host cities.

Durban - Over 550 people came to help Durban find a place in the Guinness Book of World Records on Friday.

Pretoria - In an attempt to improve relations with the media, government will facilitate Cabinet interaction with the South African National Editors' Forum and the Foreign Correspondence Association, to ensure increased media access to the Executive.

Durban - The last sixteen at the 2010 FIFA World Cup has come to light after all group matches concluded on Friday night.

Johannesburg - Hundreds of soccer fans have joined long queues at FIFA ticketing centres to secure their opportunity to get their hands on last minute 2010 tickets.

Durban - Ghana, the country that is carrying Africa's hope, at the 2010 FIFA World Cup will take on the USA in Rustenberg in a round of sixteen clash.

Cape Town - Mothers of new born babies will now be able to fill out and submit birth registration forms at hospitals across the country.

Durban - Portugal have reached the final sixteen at the 2010 FIFA World Cup after their much anticipated final group match ended in a draw.

The Department of Home Affairs is to roll out a new queue system at its branches.

Cape Town – SANDF head General Solly Shoke has for the first time in Cape Town handed out medals to men and women who have served or are still serving the nation with distinction.

Johannesburg - World football governing body FIFA says South Africa is half way through to organising a "perfect" World Cup and one of the best the world has seen.

Pretoria - After months of deliberations and planning by the Department of Basic Education, the Teacher Laptop Initiative (TLI) is set to be rolled out on Thursday with a key focus on teacher training and development in ICT, computer literacy and pedagogy

Durban - The sentiment ahead of the Germany versus England round of sixteen battle is that, the encounter has come a bit too early.