South Africa

Pretoria - The FIFA World Cup Ticketing Sub-Committee will open a call centre on Monday to assist soccer fans who want buy tickets for the 2010 Soccer World Cup.

Pretoria - The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Heritage Task Team wants the municipality to renovate and preserve dilapidating historical buildings in Port Elizabeth

Durban - Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Molefi Sefularo, is satisfied with the state of readiness of health and medical facilities in KwaZulu-Natal ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - Four former presidents are to visit South Africa this week to share experiences and best practices for scaling up HIV and AIDS prevention.

Pretoria - The SABC board has suspended Group Executive for Commercial Enterprises Gab Mampone.

Johannesburg - Blow the Vuvuzela, Fly the Flag, sing the National Anthem! This is a call to all South Africans to mark 100 days to the 2010 FIFA World Cup on Tuesday.

Santiago - More than thirty hours after an earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale, hit south-central Chile, the death toll reached 708 on Sunday while rescue and relief efforts are underway.

Pretoria - Minister of Home Affairs Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has extended her best wishes to South African citizens over the festive season.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has applauded the country's first National Development Plan which aims to make a better life for all by eliminating poverty and reducing inequality by 2030.

Pretoria - FIFA is warning people to be aware of a lottery scam that claims to be linked to the 2010 FIFA World Cup as well as the Local Organising Committee (LOC).

Pretoria - With Tuesday marking 100 days to the kick-off to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, excitement is building across South Africa.

Pretoria - Supersport United defender Morgan Gould has been withdrawn from the Bafana Bafana squad which will play a friendly match against Namibia at the Moses Mabhida stadium on Wednesday night.

Pretoria - The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) named former Sweden coach Lars Lagerback as the new head coach to lead the Super Eagles to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Cape Town - The Department of Environmental and Water Affairs has released South Africa's polar research and supply vessel - the SA Agulhas - on a symbolic ten-day climate change voyage ahead of COP17 in Durban.

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.