World Cup organiser Danny Jordaan says the excitement ahead of the tournament reminds him of the day before Nelson Mandela was released from prison.
It is up to each and every South African to make sure the World Cup delivers on its promise of prosperity, writes <b>Maya Fisher-French</b>
An expectant SA began counting down the hours on Thursday to the culmination of a six-year journey as it readied to kick off the Soccer World Cup.
An SA journalist was arrested for "interfering with police" at the Magaliesburg lodge where three foreign journalists were robbed on Wednesday.
Sandton was an explosion of patriotism on Wednesday as Bafana toured the streets, with the excitement finding its way onto Twitter.
South Africa whipped itself into a World Cup frenzy on Wednesday as the national side paraded through Johannesburg.
Three European journalists were the victims of an armed robbery early on Wednesday morning at their lodge in Magaliesburg.
The Bafana Bafana technical team has been working overtime and done its homework on South Africa’s Group A World Cup opponents, Mexico.
The Soccer World Cup was rocked by a fresh injury setback on Tuesday when Portugal winger Nani was ruled out of the tournament.
Answers to who cashed in on the World Cup millions would finally be forthcoming, after the <i>M&G</i> court win to access LOC tender documents.
Nelson Mandela will likely greet fans and players at the Soccer World Cup opening ceremony before watching the rest of the game from home.
SA striker Katlego Mphela promised on Monday he would take his hot form into the opening Soccer World Cup match against Mexico.
Five-time champions Brazil return to South Africa for their final World Cup preparations on a high on Tuesday.
South Africans who had given up on seeing a Soccer World Cup game because they had no tickets have been given another chance to buy cheap tickets.
The Soccer World Cup will have the globe’s largest audience glued to their TV screens for a month from Friday.
South Africa are entering the Soccer World Cup confident of success, with an unbeaten run stretching back to last October.
Bafana Bafana’s 71st minute winning goal over Denmark was like a flashback to those black and white videos of SA’s football in the 70s.
Côte d’Ivoire saw off Japan 2-0 in a pre-World Cup friendly on Friday — but captain Didier Drogba may miss the World Cup after being injured.
Hosting the World Cup is like planning for a family wedding, so get excited. This is according to <b>Kevin Davie</b>.
In just seven months back in charge of Bafana, coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has turned the dispirited side around.
The call by some artists to boycott the Soccer World Cup kick-off concert is ill-advised, government spokesperson Themba Maseko said on Thursday.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter said on Wednesday he hopes Nelson Mandela will attend the opening of the Soccer World Cup next week.
Theo Walcott was the shock casualty as England coach Fabio Capello named his final 23-man squad for the World Cup on Tuesday.
An artists’ union on Tuesday said it was mobilising a boycott of the World Cup kick-off concert to protest the large number of international artists.
Benni McCarthy has been chopped from the final Bafana Bafana squad that will represent South Africa at the Soccer World Cup.
The Soccer World Cup faces no terror threat at the moment, according to Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa.
The government does not expect the media to be its "praise singers" over the Soccer World Cup, but urges them to report "objectively".
SA coach Carlos Alberto Parreira said it would be a "painful duty" when on Tuesday he cuts five players from his World Cup squad.
South Africa has fallen in love with Bafana Bafana again, and that could spell trouble for World Cup rivals Mexico, Uruguay and France next month.
Ticket sales for the Soccer World Cup were back on track on Friday afternoon after a computer crash earlier in the day, Fifa said.
South African transport officials will brief their SADC counterparts on transport arrangements for the World Cup during talks in Mozambique.
The NIA is monitoring the possibility that a fresh wave of xenophobic violence will hit South Africa after the World Cup.