| | | Invest in South African mining: Zuma South Africa offers mining investors huge growth potential and proven economic and political stability, President Jacob Zuma told business people at a gala dinner hosted by the Antwerp World Diamond Center on Tuesday. » |
| 2010 'one of our greatest achievements' The 2010 Fifa World Cup was one of the greatest achievements of post-apartheid South Africa, President Jacob Zuma said at the national Heritage Day celebrations at Durban's Moses Mabhida Stadium on 24 September. »
| World Cup surveys highlight success The successful hosting of the 2010 Fifa World Cup has done wonders for South Africans' national confidence and the country's image abroad, according to pre- and post-tournament surveys commissioned by Fifa. »
| World Cup trust fund to be launched A trust fund is to be formed to oversee the money that Fifa gives to South Africa following its successful hosting of the first Fifa World Cup on African soil, to ensure that the money goes towards football development in the country. »
| SA to spend billions on hospital upgrades South Africa is to spend billions of rands on massive upgrades of five of the country's major public hospitals, using the experience gained in building stadiums for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in implementing the projects. »
| Absa, E Cape govt partner on housing The Eastern Cape government has entered into a partnership with Absa to improve access to affordable housing in the province, particularly targeting middle-income earners who do not qualify for low-cost housing but cannot afford expensive bonds either. »
| SA 'has the resources to beat poverty' South Africa has the resources to eradicate poverty within the next 20 years, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, describing poverty and inequality as "threats" that prevented society from functioning at its optimal level. »
| SA cracks down on social grant fraud Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has called on people involved in social grant fraud to surrender to the police or face being tracked down, following the arrest of seven people believed to be part of a syndicate that defrauded the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provincial governments of R174 000 in social grants. »
| Team South Africa: thumbs-up for Delhi Team South Africa have settled into the athlete's village in New Delhi and are upbeat about the 2010 Commonwealth Games, shrugging off controversies in the international media around India's readiness to host the event. »
| Kruger Park: jewel in SA's wildlife crown The world-renowned Kruger National Park, South Africa's largest game reserve, offers incomparable game and bird viewing, and accommodation to suit every taste, within a biodiversity hotspot the size of a small country. »
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