More than 100 000 World Cup tickets have been sold in less than two days, but the likely number of foreign fans has been halved.
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/ 29 December 2009
South Africa’s World Cup stadiums could change the image of Africa forever, or stand as spectacular monuments to extravagance and waste.
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/ 5 December 2009
The 2010 draw has handed varied fortunes to top teams, not only in the strength of their opponents, but in how many games they will play at altitude.
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/ 1 September 2009
Fans could face 17-hour round trips to see one match at the World Cup next year under a plan aimed at overcoming accommodation problems.
Beyond the angst about whether SA will pull off a successful World Cup is a more profound question — can the competition bring the races closer?
Kenya’s huge and squalid slums don’t have much of anything, except mountains of trash that fill rivers and muddy streets, breeding disease.
The US military’s new Africa command went into action on Wednesday, but hostility has forced it to shelve plans to be based on the continent.
SA on Friday celebrated the 90th birthday of Nelson Mandela, a symbol of reconciliation in a nation torn by doubt and nostalgia for his leadership.
Nelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday on Friday as a widely revered statesman, but SA faces a host of problems that challenge his dream.
The AU crossed a watershed by handing an unprecedented rebuff to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, but the move could remain largely symbolic.