London 2012

Despite falling from grace after a positive dope test, the desire for success has not diminished for the country’s first ever Olympic medallist

Hundreds of people have turned out to welcome home South Africa’s athletes who competed in the 2012 London Paralympics.

London 2012 organisers have promised an emotional celebration to bid farewell to the Olympics and Paralympics.

While other South Africans will be competing in their event finals, all eyes will be on Oscar Pistorius for the 100m finals at the Paralympic Games.

South Africans, like people in most other nations, have widely differing views on what the government should be doing and how well it is doing it.

They haven’t been subjected to the pressure of unrealistic expectations, but Team SA are nevertheless in line for plenty of medals at the Paralympics.

South Africa unites behind the Paralympians as they jet off to London in search of gold.

Sport has helped many people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to focus and build their self-esteem, writes Patrick Barkham.

Anyone who has visited the Olympic Park will not have missed the ubiquitous branding of two of its sponsors, McDonald’s and Coca-Cola.

While the magnificent Olympic Park glows with the "spirit of the Games", London residents feel they have been given a raw deal during the showpiece.

South Africa’s 4×400 metres relay team were outclassed in the final at the London Olympic Games on Friday night.

The Guardian commissioned a team of statisticians to recalculate olympic results in terms of GDP size, team size and money spent on athletes.

The London Olympic Games have squeezed out every drop of emotion from the athletes, coaches and viewers, writes Luke Alfred.

The overt nostalgia of the Olympic opening ceremony fits the theory that economic atrophy leads to an obsession with the past says Aditya Chakraborty.

It is early, but not too early, to celebrate London 2012 as one of South Africa’s best-ever Olympics. The challenge now will be to learn from this.