South Africa

Johannesburg - The jersey which Bafana Bafana will wear during the 2010 FIFA World Cup has been unveiled.

Pretoria - Departments under the Gauteng Provincial Government have been instructed to monitor their spending more robustly in light of the tough economic climate.

Pretoria - Cape Town's Long Street has been transformed into a festival zone ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final Draw.

Pretoria - South African Airways (SAA) has won the On Time Performance Service Award from FlightStats, the global leader in flight and airport information services, said the airline on Wednesday.

Pretoria - New vehicle sales for November show that the market is recovering from the recession, says the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa).

Pretoria - South Africans will be among the tens of thousands expected to participate in the Global Diabetes Walk to help raise awareness for the diabetes pandemic.

Cape Town - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Sicelo Shiceka says he wants to turn local government into a "responsive, efficient, effective and accountable" structure.

Pretoria - The country's ports of entry are to be beefed up with additional immigration officers to ensure the free movement of people to and from the country during the festive season.

Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma has described his recent meeting with mayors and municipal managers from all 283 municipalities in the country as a success.

Cape Town - Minister of Public Enterprises, Barbara Hogan, says it was unfortunate that the breakdown in the relationship between the Eskom board and its former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jacob Maroga did not remain an internal matter for the company to resolve.

Civil society organisations have mostly lauded President Jacob Zuma as "committed and serious" in the fight against the HIV and AIDS pandemic.

Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma has reiterated that at no point in time did he give police officers the right to shoot suspects in situations other than those stipulated by law.

Cape Town - The FIFA Organising Committee (OC) has approved the procedure for the 2010 Final Draw to be held in Cape Town on Friday.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has decided to implement a 7 percent salary increase across the board for public office bearers.

Pretoria - The Transport Department is gearing up for a series of safety campaigns ahead of the busiest period on South Africa's roads during the festive season.