South Africans ponder life after the World Cup
As the tournament reaches its climax, many fear an almighty hangover will follow after the highs of the past monthWe won, but how do we keep winning? That is the question many South Africans will ask tomorrow, the first day of LAWC – life after the W...
Sceptics drowned out by another miracle
South Africa rises above all the pre-tournament pessimism to host a successful and memorable eventNo one died. No one was stabbed, no one was kidnapped and no one took a wrong turn into the clutches of a gang of garrotters. One American tourist did ge...
World Cup kicks violent South African crime into touch
Falling crime in Johannesburg brings call to sustain costly police presence after football fans go homeSceptics predicted the World Cup would be a boom time for criminals in South Africa. In fact, the football appears to have led to a dramatic fall in ...
‘Near-riot’ in the sky as delayed flyers miss World Cup semifinal
Aircraft unable to land at Durban because of private planes clogging King Shaka airportA near-riot erupted on an aeroplane over South Africa as football fans rushed towards the cockpit to protest at missing last night's World Cup semifinal between Germ...
Relaxed Ghana capture heart of Africa
Late-night gambling and a laid-back attitude to both media and fans is making Ghana everyone's favourite teamIf the World Cup were decided by an X Factor-style popularity contest, Ghana might already be booking their victory parade through the st...
The discomfiting subplot to the World Cup’s rainbow nation narrative
Military metaphors associated with England-Germany clash in Bloemfontein sat uneasily alongside legacy of Anglo-Boer warThe World Cup balm of racial harmony in South Africa hasn't necessarily reached Bloemfontein in Free State province. Whereas in Joha...
World Cup 2010: ‘A victory for Africa’ as Ghana defeats the US in extra time
Black Stars move a step closer to being first African side in a World Cup semi-finalSo it is an African World Cup after all. Ghana's extra-time win over the United States last night brought redemption to a continent that had looked set for an almighty ...
Africa still a World Cup winner despite humiliation on the pitch for its teams
The World Cup has come at a moment when politicians and investors are arguing that the bad old days of wars, dictatorships and corruption are overIt was the best of times, it was the worst of teams. Two weeks into the World Cup, Africa is basking in th...
World Cup 2010: Ghana carry the hopes of Africa against USA in last 16 | David Smith
Ghana have support from across Africa following the group-stage elimination of all the continent's other representatives "We are all Black Stars." So concluded a leader comment in South Africa's Mail & Guardian newspaper today, pointing out that it is ...
South Africa and the impossible dream
Organisers now face a tall order: to convince South Africans that playing host is as fun as playing to winFor a while they really did believe. When Katlego Mphela gave South Africa a 2-0 lead over 10-man France, then ran to fetch the ball with a sense ...
Beer stunt charges against pair dropped
• Women who wore orange dresses avoid punishment over 'ambush marketing'• Settlement reached with Fifa ahead of court hearingCriminal charges against two Dutch women accused of an "ambush marketing" stunt at a World Cup stadium in South Africa were...
Africa’s great leap becomes a stumble
The inquests have already begun into the causes of the continent's football malaiseTime is still making a mug out of Pelé. Every four years his oft-quoted prophecy that an African team would win the World Cup by the end of the 20th century looks more ...
