The Mbombela Stadium — the name means "many people in a small space" — is one of the newly built stadiums for the Soccer World Cup.
South Africa’s household spending grew by an annualised 1,4% in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Sudan on Monday threatened to expel foreign observers after rejecting their call to delay the country’s first multiparty polls in 24 years.
Built on the site of the former FNB Stadium Soccer City is the largest stadium to be used for the Soccer World Cup.
Ellis Park Stadium has a special place in the hearts of South African sports fans as it was the scene of South Africa’s landmark Rugby World Cup win.
Traditionally a rugby ground, Loftus Versveld is one of the oldest stadiums in South Africa.
Pakistan’s former captain Shoaib Malik has vowed to fight against a one-year ban from cricket, saying he will lodge an appeal.
These are unsettling times. Among both black and white South Africans there is a paralysing feeling of anxiety, drift and imminent collapse.
More people die from unsafe water than from all forms of violence, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday to mark World Water Day.
After a successful first half of the Brazil training camp, Bafana Bafana are in Sao Paolo for the second leg of their training camp.
The minister for women, children and persons with disabilities has called for tougher charges for people who kill to harvest body parts for muti.
Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has called on South Africans to do their bit to increase road safety after 57 road deaths were recorded last week.
Millions of people have escaped slum conditions in the last decade, but the number of slum dwellers is rising due to urbanisation and population.
ANC Youth League president Julius Malema believes "white boer" journalists are conspiring against him, a media report said on Monday.
Sudanese government "repression" of its opponents and the media is threatening the chances of next month’s elections being free and fair.
Zimbabwe’s state-run power utility firm owes other regional electricity suppliers $100-million as it struggles to recover debts from local customers.
Pope Benedict XVI’s pastoral letter to Ireland’s Catholics has failed to arrest the scandal engulfing the church.
Even at the Masters’ tightly-controlled environment, Tiger Woods’ return will create a circus atmosphere unlike anything he has faced before.
Nigerian police have arrested 164 people over a recent massacre near the central city of Jos and plan to charge most with terrorism or arson.
South Africans should honour the victims of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre by protecting everyone’s rights, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said.
My mother used to say that television had killed the art of conversation. One wonders what she would have made of Chatroulette.
Israeli prime minister bows to United States demands and suspends construction of settler homes in east Jerusalem.
Court papers have apparently emerged which reignite claims against Fana Hlongwane for possibly receiving incentives linked to the arms-deal scandal.
Rafael van der Vaart admitted to handling the ball in the lead up to Real Madrid’s opening goal in their 3-1 victory over Sporting Gijon.
The signs were good for taking the relationship between opposition parties to the next level, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Saturday.
Centre Adrian Jacobs scored a late intercept try to help the Sharks to a 30-16 victory over the Otago Highlanders in Dunedin on Saturday.
Malawi church leaders say that homosexuality is "sinful" and urge Western nations to withdraw threats to halt aid to the Southern Africa country.
Sean Maitland scored two tries and flyhalf Colin Slade added 21 points with the boot to help their side to a 46-19 victory over the Lions.
Flyhalf Morne Steyn kicked 14 points as Super 14 champions the Bulls rallied to beat the Wellington Hurricanes 19-18 on Friday.
Half a century after massacre that shifted course of South African history, township is still bristling with anger.
‘It’s like blowing the dust off buried treasure!’ David Smith revels in his discovery of township artist Ephraim Ngatane.
Kulula is already designing another advertisement to replace one that soccer body Fifa forced it to withdraw, a spokesperson said on Friday.