South Africa

Johannesburg - South Africa's high speed train has been granted its operating licence.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has arrived in India for talks with his counterparts aimed at strengthening and broadening commercial interactions between the two nations.

Cape Town - Government plans to keep children safe during the Word Cup by encouraging schools to offer holiday programmes, deploying social workers to public viewing areas and setting up child-friendly spaces at fan parks.

Johannesburg - Argentinean national coach Diego Maradona has dismissed security concerns ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and encouraged fans to come to South Africa for the tournament.

In approximately a week's time, the whole world will turn its focus to South Africa for the 2010Fifa World Cup spectacular.

Reply by Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe, to questions posed in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) for Oral Reply

Durban- Football teams have started arriving; fans are finalising their party plans and South Africa is brimming with pride with just days to go to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - Government has raised concerns at a report by lobby group Right2Know, which, among other things, claimed that secrecy is on the rise in the state.

Pretoria - South Africa's growth trend is expected to return to 4 percent by 2011, says the Department of Trade and Industry (dti).

Pretoria - Cabinet has thrown its support behind the hosting of the World Cup kick-off concert scheduled for next week, saying calls for its boycott are "ill-advised."

Pretoria - South Africa was definitely the place to be during June 2010, with almost 1 million foreign nationals visiting the country in that time.

Pretoria - South Africa is to celebrate 150 years of the arrival of Indians in the country later this year, said President Jacob Zuma on his first Asian state visit to India on Wednesday.

Pretoria - Police Commissioner General Bheki Cele has clarified "incorrect and worse, misleading" newspaper reports that he was behind a dodgy R500-million lease agreement.

Pretoria - Four more residents from the Pieter Wessels Old Age Home in Nigel have passed away, increasing the number deceased to 22.

Cape Town - South Africa will have a clearer picture on the future of its electricity mix and supply by the end of the year, said the Department of Energy's Ompi Aphane, Acting Deputy Director-General of Electricity, Nuclear and Clean Energy.