South Africa

Pretoria - North West MEC for Health and Social Development Rebecca Kasienyane shut down the Mmabatho College of Nursing following students' failure to return to classes.

Pretoria - UK police brought with them more than just their expertise when they came to South Africa to help with the policing of the FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana will have the opportunity to score in tomorrow's crucial clash against the French, say the cards.

Pretoria - If they can manage it, South Africans and international visitors to the country, have been requested to turn their attention away from the World Cup for just a few minutes this evening to experience the rare sighting of the International Space Station (ISS).

Pretoria - Australian winger, Harry Kewell, will miss out on his team's final group stage match against Serbia on June 23, in Nelspruit, after FIFA's disciplinary committee gave him a one match ban.

Pretoria - Bafana Bafana fans who have been struggling to find a way to "fly the flag" after the team's loss to Uruguay have been given 22 ways in which they can keep the flag proudly in the air

Pretoria- While Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, admits that the National Curriculum Statement (NCS) requires ongoing research and development, she says the department has started to make improvements on the curriculum, as per recommendations by the NCS task team, writes Gabi Khumalo.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) should centre on job creation, crime and housing, says Paul Graham, executive director at the Institute for Democracy in Africa (Idasa).

Pretoria - Police will keep a close eye on Nigerian soccer player Sani Kaita and maintain strict security measures after the midfielder allegedly received death threats.

Pretoria - Law enforcement agencies will deal harshly with anyone who threatens any citizen in the country, Defence and Military Veterans Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu said on Monday.

Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe is to address an Oil and Gas Indaba in Bloemfontein next week as part of Women's Day celebrations, the Presidency said.

Pretoria - At least 130 000 South Africa Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) members are expected to embark on a nationwide strike today.

Cape Town - Portugal today blasted North Korea out of the World Cup with a 7-nil drubbing, notching up one of the biggest whitewashes in the history of the competition.

Pretoria - South Africans should focus their energies on rallying behind Bafana Bafana and ignore the reported trouble in the French camp, says Soccer Laduma Editor Clint Roper

Durban - Eleven days into the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the Durban Fan Fest at New Beach is leading South Africa and the world with their high spectator attendance figures.