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/ 12 January 2010
It is illogical to question SA’s safety standards for the World Cup based on the attack in Angola, 2010 organising chief Danny Jordaan says.
It used to be visible only at football matches, but the metre-long horn known as the vuvuzela has grown in popularity beyond South Africa
2010 is still in its mewling and puking stage, but already the expectations are quite high. They are at this time every year.
American TV network ESPN is to show football matches in 3D during this year’s World Cup in South Africa.
Rustenburg sex worker Tshepiso Khoza is hoping to get off the street with the money she makes from the Soccer World Cup later this year.
The outlook for property for 2010, while still mild, was far better than 2009, Alliance Group auctioneers said on Tuesday.
A strange thing happens after you’ve been an expat for a while. You start feeling for your adopted country, if not pride, then at least an affinity.
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/ 31 December 2009
President Jacob Zuma said 2010 was the year for South Africans to renew their commitment to national unity.
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/ 31 December 2009
The ANC is failing poor black South Africans, and next year’s World Cup will only intensify scrutiny of Jacob Zuma’s regime.
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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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/ 25 December 2009
Playing on a dusty ground with no sign of grass under Botswana’s scorching sun, young footballers dream of their heroes arriving in Africa in 2010.
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/ 24 December 2009
Algeria abandoned African football obscurity this year to reach the 2010 World Cup and share the Fifa Best Mover award with Brazil.
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/ 6 December 2009
The voice of the Soccer World Cup belongs to a rapper from Somalia who believes that its notorious pirates are just misunderstood.
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/ 3 December 2009
Renate Bauer from Brands United tells the <i>M&G Online</i> about the genesis of the Soccer World Cup poster series, launched last week in SA.
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/ 28 November 2009
Human rights groups in Zimbabwe have condemned Fifa for allowing Robert Mugabe to hold the World Cup trophy as it passed through Zimbabwe.
Workers in various sectors downed tools this week to push for better pay and working conditions. <i>M&G</i> photographers followed the protest action.
The SA Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors says it will apply for an interdict to stop workers at World Cup sites from going on strike.
Former miner Oleseng Mokoena has broken 15 plates and a dozen wine glasses since becoming a waiter in Rustenburg a month ago.
The White House says President Barack Obama has not yet made a decision on whether to attend next year’s Soccer World Cup in South Africa.
The vuvuzela is symbolic of SA soccer. If Fifa was happy to give the World Cup to an African country, then everyone must deal with the consequences.
US President Barack Obama has accepted an invitation to attend the opening ceremony of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
A shortage of rooms for rugby fans has raised fears that SA will be unable to accommodate the half million visitors expected for the Soccer World Cup.
Zimbabwe, its economy in ruins, is dreaming of millions of tourist dollars and even training visits by international soccer stars.
Free tickets will be distributed for the remaining group matches at the Confederations Cup to help fill the stadiums, Fifa said on Wednesday.
One of the new stadiums built for the 2010 World Cup was attacked by armed robbers after an international rugby game.
The buzz around the 2010 World Cup has made its way into art.
The police have deployed 800 additional officers to beef-up security at three of the four stadiums used for Confederations Cup matches.
SA will not only produce the best World Cup next June, but there will be no security problems at all, says Danny Jordaan.
SA begins the most important test of its ability to host the 2010 World Cup as games for the Confederations Cup kick off on Sunday.
Africa waited decades to host its first Soccer World Cup and when it comes, it’s during an unprecedented global economic crisis.
South Africa’s fearsome record for robbery, murder and rape may be the single biggest challenge facing organisers of next year’s Soccer World Cup.
With a few seconds to make a successful sales pitch, car guard Isaac Mokeng doesn’t waste a second in blasting drivers with unsolicited promises.