Interpol on Wednesday said South Africa’s Soccer World Cup security planning surpassed its expectations, with no terrorism threats identified.
Arts Minister Lulu Xingwana is expected to meet the LOC on Thursday to discuss the lack of local artists for the Fifa Kick-Off Celebration concert.
South African Airways will sell 45 000 plane tickets it had reserved for the Soccer World Cup at a discount, an official said on Tuesday.
As if South Africa’s high crime rate and the threat of hooligans weren’t enough, World Cup planners are also bracing for a possible terror attack.
Chairperson of the 2010 organising committee Irvin Khoza has denied reports that he was plotting a coup to destabilise the SA Football Association.
Sitting on tree stumps in a semi-circle, men wait patiently for a woman in a brightly coloured Venda dress to dish out her marula fruit beer.
Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson was on Sunday named as Côte d’Ivoire coach for the Soccer World Cup in South Africa.
The Independent Democrats on Sunday called on Nedlac to negotiate a "strike free period" during the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
South Africa has seized more than R46-million worth of fake World Cup merchandise, with many of the goods originating from China.
About half of hotels, lodges and other accommodation in South Africa will charge premium rates during the World Cup.
The Sky Car that carries visitors to the top of the 106-metre arch over Durban’s new Soccer World Cup stadium has been grounded for safety checks.
Enock Molefe will be coming full circle when he takes to the field as the only South African assistant referee at the Soccer World Cup.
Alexandra township will host an alternative soccer tournament for impoverished youth from all over the world during the Soccer World Cup.
South African Disability Alliance members burnt tyres on Thursday in protest at the lack of accessibility of Cup stadiums to people with disabilities.
Soldiers will be on high alert during the Soccer World Cup, SA army Lieutenant General Solly Shoke said on Thursday.
Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson says he is hoping to coach Côte d’Ivoire at the Soccer World Cup in South Africa.
Four bus drivers were injured during a taxi strike in Cape Town on Tuesday, amid rising tensions related to the roll-out of the new rapid bus system.
After a successful first half of the Brazil training camp, Bafana Bafana are in Sao Paolo for the second leg of their training camp.
When David Beckham ruptured his Achilles tendon, he hogged the front and back pages in the British media.
Bafana Bafana, or to be more precise, Carlos Alberto Parreira, received a resounding welcome in his home country.
Football fans making plans for the 2010 World Cup will likely face a surge in internet crime, security experts have Wednesday.
The line-up for the World Cup kick-off concert has been announced — but anyone wanting to go will to have to dig deep in their pockets.
No North Korean workers were working on Soccer City in Johannesburg, the construction company said on Monday.
Football has been fertile terrain for political analysis since the World Cup in Mexico when Henry Kissinger assessed the prospects of the favourites.
Jittery foreign visitors, including diplomats, celebrities and businessmen are scrambling to secure personal bodyguards for the Soccer World Cup.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter may have refused to entertain any talk of banning the vuvuzela but a reprieve for disgruntled fans has emerged.
Algeria will end a 24-year absence from football’s top table when they kick their first ball at the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
Carlos Alberto Parreira is hoping Bafana Bafana will learn to play the ‘Brazilian way’ at the Soccer World Cup after a training camp in his homeland.
The Chinese company ordered to stop making World Cup mascots because of poor working conditions says it is the victim of South African politicking.
A Chinese factory has halted production of Soccer World Cup mascot toys after an investigation into alleged sweatshop conditions.
Americans appear set to be by far the most numerous group of foreign fans coming to South Africa for the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
The green pitch at Port Elizabeth’s World Cup stadium has become an island in a sea of brown, exempt from water limits imposed due to a drought.