Marketing people like to think of themselves as "creatives", but last week a few red (or indeed, orange) lines were drawn around their art.
An exiled Rwandan general was shot and wounded in South Africa on Saturday in what his wife called a Rwandan-backed assassination attempt.
A 2-1 loss to Denmark on Saturday night at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria left the Indomitable Lions with zero points after two games.
Cameroon became the first side to be eliminated from the World Cup after the Indomitable Lions somehow lost 2-1 to Denmark.
Australian forward Harry Kewell was controversially sent off midway through the first half but Australia managed to cling on to a 1-1 draw with Ghana.
World champions South Africa defeated Italy 29-13 despite a disjointed and lethargic performance at the Puma Stadium in Witbank on Saturday.
The dance that was taught to thousands across the country in preparation for the World Cup hasn’t been seen in stadiums.
The vitriol has been harsh over the last 48 hours from the pundits, castigating Carlos Alberto Parreira’s tactics against Uruguay.
There could not be a more poignant moment for the release of a book about Nelson Mandela’s personal life, writes <b>Mark Gevisser</b>.
Tournament teeters between triumph and disaster, not quite living up to expectations of the evangelists, but not fulfilling dire prophecies either.
Fifa expects its provisional income for the 2010 World Cup to be about $3,2-billion (about R24-billion), a spokesperson said on Friday.
The price of gold surged to an all-time high point above $1 258 an ounce on Friday.
South Africa offered a smiling face on Friday as they prepared for a must-win World Cup clash against fellow strugglers France.
From Helen Zille to Hayibo, people are taking an anti-Fifa stand. <b>Mpho Raborife</b> reports
On October 1 1987 a wage dispute at the Sasol 1 petroleum refinery in Sasolburg turned ugly.
Township restaurants are burgeoning but still driven mostly by locals. They’re cheap and cheerful; the atmosphere is terrific and the food is hearty.
Former president Thabo Mbeki’s vision of leaving a leadership legacy is stymied by lack of funding.
The Presidency intends appealing a judgement ordering the government to release to the <i>M&G</i> a report on the 2002 Zimbabwe election.
The canoeing community has united to pay tribute to the "Dusi King" Graeme Pope-Ellis, who passed away on Thursday.
I now realise that the vuvuzela is to these World Cup blogs what Julius Malema is to my political columns, writes <b>Richard Calland</b>.
It was a day off for Bafana Bafana on Thursday, a chance to breath away from the hotel for 24 hours.
Senior Cope leaders aligned to its president, Mosiuoa Lekota, this week developed a plan to strengthen Lekota’s hold on the party.
Having made the leap, it’s not ideal but there’s the promise of much better things to come.
Veteran canoeist Graeme Pope-Ellis died in an accident on his farm in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday, the Dusi organising committee said on Friday.
Electricity workers gave mediators three more days on Friday to resolve a pay dispute with employers and avert power cuts during the World Cup.
Organisers are hoping some of the glamour of the World Cup will rub off now that huge numbers of foreign media and theatre critics are in SA.
For a few hours I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. It was 11pm on Friday night for a performance of <i>House of the Holy Afro</i>.
Vocalist Busi Mhlongo has died. The 62-year-old battled with breast cancer for several years and died in a Durban hospital on June 15.
South African middleweight boxing champion Julie Shabalala sits on a bench in the Hillbrow Boxing Club and stares at her ragged training shoes.
Being the only white player in the Bafana Bafana squad is not an issue for Matthew Booth, but it is causing some confusion among the foreign press.
Neither a freezing wind nor blasting vuvuzelas could help as Uruguay ruthlessly exposed the home team’s weaknesses.
Police are investigating claims that sabotage by rival security companies lies behind the security guard strikes that rocked the World Cup this week.