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Pretoria - South Africans have been urged to provide assistance in the form of aid or any other assistance to the victims of the Haiti earthquake.

Pretoria - The South African government, non-governmental organisations and the private sector have offered their support to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti, where tens of thousands of people have been killed or injured.

Sun City - The Local Organising Committee (LOC) says plans to deploy medical response personnel on frequently used routes during the 2010 FIFA World Cup are underway.

Sun City - Coaches attending the 2010 FIFA World Cup Team Workshop in Rustenburg are very happy with facilities South Africa has to offer their teams, the Local Organising Committee said on Tuesday.

Port-Au-Prince - Rescue efforts continued in Haiti on Saturday as the international community has been mobilized to provide the earthquake survivors with medical assistance and other humanitarian aid.

Pretoria - Argentine national soccer team coach and arguably the best footballer of all time, Diego Maradona, has landed in South Africa to assess sporting facilities ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - The South African rescue team discovered 25 bodies within the first two hours of operation in quake hit Haiti, said the Department of International Relations and Cooperation.

Pretoria - Coach of the Argentina national soccer team, Diego Maradona, is pleased that the LC de Villiers Sports Grounds in Pretoria will be a suitable facility for his team to use as a training base camp during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is to open a zone office in South Africa.

Haiti - Roughly 400 United Nations (UN) police and military troops have been brought in to Haiti's capital amid concerns that security could deteriorate further, the UN Chief of Peacekeeping Operations Alain LeRoy said on Monday.