World Cup heartbreak for Africa?
Writer Fred Mabonga sends this latest blog on Ghana's loss to Uruguay, and the disappointment, as well as resilience, that resounded across a continent.
World Cup quarter finals: we’re having a great time here, folks
PRETORIA, South Africa -- For the first time in the history of the World Cup games Latin America has four teams among the last eight.
World Cup musings: word from the Edge
Encouraging of football lovers to come to South Africa for the games has opened up a new window into the world.
Poor People’s World Cup stresses South Africa’s anti-poverty fight
The Poor People's World Cup in Cape Town, organized by the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign, aims to highlight the province's struggle against poverty and homelessness.
With a "goooooal," Chicagoans celebrate World Cup opener: Mexico vs. South Africa
CHICAGO - In a sea of green jerseys hundreds proudly cheered for Mexico here early Friday morning, June 11, at a local indoor soccer gym as the North American nation competed against South Africa in the much-anticipated opening game of the 2010 World Cup.
World Cup 2010: Soccer unites South Africa
If there was one sport that helped South Africans overcome a racially segregated society that kept Blacks down under the country's apartheid system - it was soccer.
All eyes on South Africa as World Cup set to kickoff
Soccer fans worldwide are gearing up for the most popular sporting event on the planet, the 2010 World Cup, set to kickoff June 11 for the first time on African soil in South Africa.
Unholy alliance: Israel, apartheid South Africa and nukes
Sasha Polakow-Suransky's book "Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa" has ripped the lid off the secret world of unholy alliances and weapons of mass destruction.
World Notes: Afghanistan, Greece, Egypt, South Africa, Ecuador, Cuba
Afghanistan's women and children, Greece and arms dealers, Egypt's protest upsurge, South African transport strike, Ecuador's water, Cuba's no-nukes stand.
Death of South African rightist highlights ongoing problems
The death of far-right white supremacist Eugene Terre'Blanche, beaten and slashed on his farm on April 3, highlights problems South Africa still faces on labor, land and racism.
