A group of 36 young Dutch fans in orange miniskirts were detained at Soccer City stadium for wearing outfits designed by a Dutch beer company.
The pace of the World Cup comes thick and fast now, leaving little time to start intricate work on tactics and plans, writes <i>Mark Gleeson</i>.
Sarah Palin is promising to honour the woman she calls the Iron Lady by visiting Britain to see Margaret Thatcher.
South Africa claim they have shrugged off opening day World Cup jitters and will be much more enterprising against Uruguay on Wednesday.
Workers at power utility Eskom could go on strike by Thursday if their demands for an 18% wage hike are not met, a union spokesperson said on Monday.
Suspended Transnet Freight Rail chief executive Siyabonga Gama is threatening legal action to stave off his dismissal, the company said on Monday.
Eleven games into the tournament and Ghana remains the only African team to have won a match after Cameroon slumped to a 1-0 loss to Japan.
Keisuke Honda carried Japan to their first World Cup finals victory on foreign soil when he scored the goal which beat Cameroon 1-0.
Holland’s 2-0 victory over Denmark at Soccer City in Johannesburg on Monday lacked the masterful brush-strokes of the traditional Dutch masters.
A strike by some Rea Vaya bus drivers at Soccer City on Monday afternoon has left nearly a thousand fans looking for alternative transport.
Municipality intends to charge all municipal workers and shop stewards who embarked on "illegal activities" during a recent strike.
The Netherlands needed a lucky own goal and a strike by Dirk Kuyt to get their World Cup campaign off to a winning start with a 2-0 win over Denmark.
<em>Matthew Krouse</em> looks at Jodi Bieber’s book about regular people in an extraordinary place.
When the France players visited a township on Sunday, the man all the children wanted to touch was the Cup’s most famous substitute, Thierry Henry.
Confidence among South Africa’s consumers slipped in the second quarter as households took a dim view of their finances.
South African intermediaries gave recognition to the top insurance companies at an awards ceremony that was held on 3 June 2010 at Emperors Palace.
Andries Bezuidenhout’s latest album is a superb contribution to South African folk music
In a previous life the raw material of Give It Bag’s elegant new range of clutch bags carried maize meal or building rubble.
While infighting persists at troubled parastatals, Transnet’s plans to allow private sector buy-in add to the minister’s woes.
Several people were injured when protesting security guards threw bottles at the office of a security manager at the Moses Mabhida stadium on Monday.
Youth wage subsidy pushed aside while factions — and politicians — struggle for power.
Zuma dedicated the World Cup to combating inequalities in education — farm schools are a prime example.
DEFINITELY NOT THE SOUTH AFRICAN MOVIE OF THE WEEK: <em>Shaun de Waal</em> reviews <em>Egoli</em>.
Makers of the vuvuzela plastic horns that have become a talking point at the Soccer World Cup have come up with a toned-down version.
<b>Lloyd Gedye</b> caught up with the continent’s music stars before the Fifa Kick-Off Concert on Thursday and asked them about their expectations.
Research by a PhD student suggests that municipal governments will have to reassess air pollution monitoring priorities as climate change kicks in.
Fast bowler Dale Steyn starred again as South Africa secured a 163-run victory over the West Indies in the opening Test on Sunday.
Riot police charged into hundreds of security stewards at a Soccer World Cup stadium early Monday morning to break up a protest over low wages.
Lanseria airport has reopened after the wreckage of a plane which had to belly land was removed from its runway on Sunday.
Germany gave a devastating display of their nation’s traditional power on Sunday to overrun Australia and Ghana were the toast of Africa.
The car in which Nelson Mandela’s great grand-daughter died was driven by the son of the boyfriend of one of the former president’s daughters.
Ghana, arguably Africa’s most well equipped team, become the continent’s first nation to register a win at the Soccer World Cup.