South Africa

Pretoria - A Cape Town soccer fan, who told security officials at a Fan Fest that he had a bomb in his bag, has been arrested and charged.

Pretoria - South African motorists will be able to breathe a sigh of relief next week - as all grades of petrol will drop by between 15 to 18 cents a litre.

Cabinet held its ordinary meeting in Pretoria on 04 August 2010.

Durban - South African youth attending the Ethekwini Municipality's Women Empowerment Conference were eager to voice their thoughts about empowerment and role models.

Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo has challenged hospital board chairpersons to champion their community's health needs.

Pretoria - An email sent to the media by suspended Transnet rail CEO Siyabonga Gama is an attempt to avoid dealing with ramifications for the charges he has been found guilty of, said the parastatal

Johannesburg - Bafana head coach, Pitso Mosimane, has retained most of the players who squared up in the FIFA World Cup - to face Ghana in an international friendly on 11 August at Soccer City.

Pretoria - An outstanding performance by Japan ensured their 1-nil win against African favourites Cameroon in a Group E match played at Mangaung Stadium last night.

Johannesburg - After 11 matches, spectator attendance to Africa's first FIFA World Cup is slightly higher than that of Germany in 2006, figures released by FIFA on Tuesday showed

Gauteng - South Africa's smallest province, Gauteng, has welcomed the world's football fans with open arms - not only with the spectacular matches that are being played in the province's stadiums, but with the fanatical festivities that have been lined up.

Cape Town – A relaxed and good-humoured President Jacob Zuma joked about accidentally driving a golf ball into a television camera before teeing off in the annual Presidential Address Golf Challenge in Stellenbosch on Friday.

Pretoria - A sea of fans, mostly decked in green and yellow, is expected into the city of Tshwane on Wednesday when Bafana Bafana lock horns with Uruguay in their second World Cup match encounter, at Loftus Versfeld.

Pretoria - Fans are encouraged to use South Africa's safe, efficient and reliable public transport for the 2010 FIFA World Cup matches to ensure they arrive at stadiums in good time.

Pretoria - The State intends to charge Paralympian Oscar Pistorius with pre-meditated murder after the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the Pretoria Magistrate's Court heard on Friday.

Pretoria - The match between Slovakia and New Zealand later this afternoon will determine whether the defending champions, Italy, move down to third place in Group F.