South Africa’s national team will be carrying the hopes of the nation when the opening match gets under way at Soccer City on June 11.
Lotus returns to Formula One at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend, with big plans to seize a future world championship.
Burma’s ruling junta has used new election laws to officially annul the result of polls in 1990 that were won by Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party.
Daihatsu, a subsidiary of embattled Toyota, said on Thursday it was recalling almost 275 000 vehicles due to possible defects.
MTN, Africa’s biggest cellphone operator by subscribers, posted lower 2009 profit despite its new customers increasing by 28% to 116-million.
Alex Ferguson believes Wayne Rooney could match Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal record after the striker reached the 30 mark against AC Milan on Wednesday.
US President Barack Obama joked on Wednesday that half of the 40 000 letters that pour into the White House each day brand him an "idiot".
About 130 000 people are to be evacuated in flood-prone Mozambique because of rising waters in three main rivers, state media said on Wednesday.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is still not prepared to resume lending to Zimbabwe, citing concerns about the country’s political situation.
An international scientific body will review the UN’s Nobel prize-winning climate panel, under fire for errors in a key report on global warming.