South Africa

Pretoria - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has lashed out at criminals who he says are using xenophobia as an excuse to create "anarchy and anxiety" in the country.

Polokwane - Limpopo police say they are proud to have delivered a safe and secure 2010 FIFA World Cup in the province.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana head coach Gordon Igesund has been admitted to hospital for severe abdominal pains.

Pretoria - The Gauteng Provincial Government has kicked off a mobilisation campaign to drum up support for the Ghanaian national team, the only remaining African team in the World Cup.

Pretoria - British soccer fan Joseph Pavlos' legal woes in South Africa are officially over after he paid a fine today for trespassing into the English team's dressing room.

Johannesburg - After conflicting media reports, FIFA confirmed on Wednesday that seven replica trophies valued at 2100 Euros (about R21000) each, were stolen from the football body's Johannesburg offices.

Pretoria - Government wants to see at least 26 percent of historically disadvantaged South Africans getting a stake in the mining industry by 2014.

Pretoria - Senior police officials say the crime situation in the country will not be given a chance to go back to where it was before the 2010 World Cup.

Pretoria – Mpumalanga Education MEC Reginah Mhaule will on Friday convene meetings with various education stakeholders in a bid to improve teaching and learning in underperforming schools in Govan Mbeki Municipality.

Pretoria - Radio programmes, weekend classes and toll free lines are some of the initiatives the Mpumalanga Department of Education has initiated to help learners catch up on teaching time lost during Tuesday's public servants' strike.

Pretoria - The City of Tshwane will this morning engage bus drivers who have downed tools in a bid to end their current strike action.

President Jacob Zuma is greatly honoured to have the opportunity to play in the Special Olympics Unity Cup which will take place in Cape Town before the 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter final match on the 3rd of July.

Pretoria - Portsmouth and Ghana midfielder, Kevin-Prince Boateng, has been withdrawn from the Black Stars squad ahead of their friendly against Bafana Bafana at Soccer City tonight.

Cape Town – South Africans need to take ownership of the country’s development, National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel said on Wednesday.

Johannesburg - Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica says her department is concerned about the impact of deteriorating water quality in the country and has called on role players to come up with ways to avert the situation.