The final 32 for next summer's World Cup finals will become a bit clearer after this weekend's round of qualifying matches -- with four of the nine remaining places available for South Africa 2010 to be determined over the next 48 hours.
The United States is in. So are Brazil, England, Spain and 15 other nations. Yet with eight months to go before the 2010 World Cup, more tickets have been purchased by people from the U.S. (11.7 percent at last count) than from any other country except the host nation, South Africa (47.9 percent).
The United States temporarily closed its government facilities in South Africa on Tuesday after a "possible threat" to its embassy, the U.S. State Department said.
The futuristic South African sci-fi that has taken the U.S box office by storm opened in its home country this weekend.
Well, the people have spoken, and more than 40 percent of those who weighed in voted for South Africa.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday stood by South Africa's much-criticized quiet diplomacy with neighboring Zimbabwe.
An undersea cable plugging east Africa into high speed Internet access went live Thursday, providing an alternative to expensive satellite connections.
It's late Sunday morning inside a cavernous Salvation Army Church in Soweto, South Africa. Services, complete with African and traditional music, have just finished and a catchy drum beat with a distinctly American hip-hop sound is coming from the stage.
Alexandra township, north of Johannesburg, is a densely populated melting pot with some of South Africa's worst social ills: poverty, unemployment, HIV/AIDS and crime.
Forget World Cups. For many rugby union players the ultimate accomplishment is being selected to appear for the famed British Lions on their overseas tours.
The final 32 for next summer's World Cup finals will become a bit clearer after this weekend's round of qualifying matches -- with four of the nine remaining places available for South Africa 2010 to be determined over the next 48 hours.
The United States is in. So are Brazil, England, Spain and 15 other nations. Yet with eight months to go before the 2010 World Cup, more tickets have been purchased by people from the U.S. (11.7 percent at last count) than from any other country except the host nation, South Africa (47.9 percent).
The United States temporarily closed its government facilities in South Africa on Tuesday after a "possible threat" to its embassy, the U.S. State Department said.
The futuristic South African sci-fi that has taken the U.S box office by storm opened in its home country this weekend.
Well, the people have spoken, and more than 40 percent of those who weighed in voted for South Africa.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday stood by South Africa's much-criticized quiet diplomacy with neighboring Zimbabwe.
An undersea cable plugging east Africa into high speed Internet access went live Thursday, providing an alternative to expensive satellite connections.
It's late Sunday morning inside a cavernous Salvation Army Church in Soweto, South Africa. Services, complete with African and traditional music, have just finished and a catchy drum beat with a distinctly American hip-hop sound is coming from the stage.
Alexandra township, north of Johannesburg, is a densely populated melting pot with some of South Africa's worst social ills: poverty, unemployment, HIV/AIDS and crime.
Forget World Cups. For many rugby union players the ultimate accomplishment is being selected to appear for the famed British Lions on their overseas tours.
Host nation South Africa suffered disappointment in the opening match of the Confederations Cup when they were held to a 0-0 draw by Iraq in front of nearly 60,000 fans at Ellis Park, Johannesburg.
There are 40 parties vying in South Africa's elections, with 26 participating nationally and 14 provincially. Though South Africa's opposition parties remain generally weak, the ruling African National Congress worries that, collectively, they may eat away at its majority.
He's been drawing conclusions about South African politics for over 15 years: cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, aka Zapiro, talks about the power of the pen.
South Africa will stage the 2009 Indian Premier League after officials decided to move the Twenty20 tournament to a neutral venue because of security fears.
South Africa has refused the Dalai Lama a visa to attend an international peace conference in Johannesburg this week, a presidential spokesman said.
One million free text messages will be sent every day for 12 months from Monday in South Africa in a bid to raise HIV awareness and encourage testing for the disease.
Doctors worry about the woman sitting on a bed inside the large tent, an IV in her arm. Chipo Matewe, 23, is eight months pregnant and stricken with cholera.
South Africa will be ready for the World Cup in 2010 and, as much as is necessary, will be ready for the Confederations Cup this June. How South Africa will cope is, of course, another matter entirely.
World champions South Africa scored a record 42-6 win over England at Twickenham on Saturday to continue their unbeaten tour of the British Isles.
World champions South Africa survived a spirited second half comeback from Six Nations title holders Wales to win 20-15 in their one-off rugby union Test at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff.
Reversing years of inaccurate government policies, South African Health Minister Barbara Hogan is spreading the truth about AIDS
The South African government will press ahead with plans to sell just over 51 tons of ivory to China and Japan under a special exemption to the international ban on the trade
Shaun Francis' daughter has the wrong name on her airline ticket. It's her married name, and her passport still has her maiden name. The airline is happy to fix the ticket -- for a $400 fee. But is that right?
AIDS activists on Friday celebrated the removal of South Africa's health minister, accused of causing countless unnecessary deaths by promoting nutritional supplements instead of conventional medicine for people with HIV
South Africa's president has agreed to resign after the country's ruling party called on him to step down
Jongi Nokwe scored four tries as world champions South Africa answered their critics with a 53-8 rout of Australia in the tri-nations match in Johannesburg on Saturday.
Australia boosted their Tri-Nations title chances and ended South African hopes with an emphatic 27-15 win over the Springboks in Durban on Satuday.
England suffered an emphatic 10-wicket defeat inside four days at Headingley in the second Test against South Africa who take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith and his opening partner Neil McKenzie ground their way to hundreds to severely dent England's victory hopes in the first Test at Lord's on Sunday.
Three hours before the game, the car park outside the rugby stadium in Bloemfontein, seems to be filled with more "braais" (barbecues) than cars.
Josh Macabuag is in Jozini, South Africa, where he will be working with the charity Engineers Without Borders (EWB).
South Africa's health minister said Thursday that HIV infection rates among pregnant women declined for the second straight year and claimed it was proof of the success of government policies
Analysis: Economic inequality, not racism, drove the wave of anti-immigrant violence that shook the post-apartheid order. And that's a global problem
Just out of sight of the tour buses that flock to the Cape of Good Hope, more than 2,000 foreigners are crammed into a makeshift refugee camp on the shores of the Atlantic
A South African university said Tuesday it will close the dormitory where white students tricked black workers into tasting stew laced with urine, an incident that sparked protests when revealed earlier this year.
A wave of violence against immigrants that left 56 people dead and forced 30,000 from their homes has subsided, South Africa's safety and security minister said Monday
The atmosphere was tense in Cape Town on Friday after xenophobic violence that has left more than 40 dead in Johannesburg spread to South Africa's largest city.
They fled poverty and violence. But now even the plight of their home country seems preferable to the anti-immigrant mobs
Bishop Paul Verryn spent the 1980s defending apartheid's victims. Now, he protects the immigrants on whom some of those former victims have turned
South African police and military units raided three hostels Thursday in a clampdown on xenophobic attacks that have left more than 40 dead, authorities said.
The army is deployed to suppress anti-immigrant violence, but damage to the country's image -- and psyche -- may linger
A pogrom against migrants reveals the social strain of a post-apartheid "miracle" that did not help the poor
South Africa's police chief said Monday that violence directed at foreign nationals had killed 22 people over the past week.
Police fired rubber bullets and made arrests Monday to try to quell outbursts of anti-foreigner violence in and around Johannesburg
The Supreme Court - apparently handcuffed by possible conflicts of interest - has allowed a multibillion-dollar federal lawsuit from South African blacks and others to proceed. The suit claims U.S. and foreign companies should be held liable for helping the former white-led apartheid government.
A Chinese ship that was blocked from unloading its cargo in South Africa may return to China because of difficulties at African ports, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Tuesday.
Singer Eli Amor is a Zimbabwean who has found work in South Africa. Like 13 million of his countrymen, Eli hopes the political and economic situation in his homeland will improve. He offered up a song about a greedy man who refuses to give up power to his fellow Zimbabweans in their shared time of need.
India dominated South Africa on Sunday to win the third test by eight wickets inside three days, squaring the series 1-1 and retaining their world No. 2 test ranking.
India fought back on the first day of the third and final Test in Kanpur to dismiss South Africa for 265 by the close of play.
India crashed to a humiliating innings and 90 runs defeat in the second Test in Ahmadabad as South Africa took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series.
A video of white students humiliating black workers shows that racism remains entrenched in South Africa, 14 years after the end of apartheid, its government said Thursday.
South Africa posted a huge first innings score on a record-shattering second day of the second Test against Bangladesh.
White students at a South African university tricked black residence hall workers into eating stew containing urine, prompting a march Wednesday in which five people were arrested, university officials said.
South African college campuses are in turmoil after anti-integration white students are shown humiliating black service staff
A series of lawsuits against companies that did business with the former apartheid regime of South Africa should be dismissed, the Bush administration told the Supreme Court Tuesday.
South African police raided a Johannesburg church early Thursday and took away large numbers of Zimbabwean refugees who had taken shelter there, according to witnesses and video footage.
Graeme Smith's 86 and a superb spell of two for 13 in 10 overs by Shaun Pollock helped South Africa to an emphatic 86-run defeat of West Indies in the second one-day international in Cape Town.
Jaccqueline Mathe, unemployed and 22, has just signed up for a bank account in Nellmapius, a black township near Pretoria. All she needed was a government ID and a mobile phone. Mathe hopes to save a quarter of the monthly $28.54 government grant she receives for her toddler, Khothasto, who is riding in a sling on her back.
Mark Murless is in pole position heading into the final day at the Joburg Open after his two-under-par round of 69 left him two shots ahead of the field.
Manchester United have agreed to tour South Africa this summer and have also been asked to play a match in Israel to help mark the state's 60th anniversary celebrations.
South Africa have named their first black coach with Peter De Villiers picked to succeed Jake White in charge of rugby union's world champions.
Colleen Hiltbrunner spent two years researching her dream trip to South Africa. But she wasn't looking for the perfect safari lodge. She was hunting for the right cosmetic surgeon.
South African fast bowler Dale Steyn took a career-best five for 34 as the Proteas took a tight grip on the first test against New Zealand in Johannesburg.
Is the country in the middle of a child sexual abuse epidemic? The troubles at the talk-show host's celebrated school raises broader questions
Police in South Africa have arrested a former employee at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy on charges of physical and sexual abuse, a police spokesman tells CNN.
South African police are investigating abuse allegations at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy, the talk-show host's $40 million school for disadvantaged girls near Johannesburg.
Josh Macabuag is in Jozini, South Africa, where he will be working with the charity Engineers Without Borders (EWB).
South Africa set up a Rugby World Cup final showdown with England after ending the hopes of underdogs Argentina with a 37-13 victory at the Stade de France on Sunday night.
The justice system becomes a battleground for a power struggle within the ruling party
South Africa gained the upper hand in the second Test against Pakistan in Lahore after a strong showing on the second day.
Fiji briefly threatened the greatest upset in World Cup history, pushing South Africa to the limit in their quarterfinal at the Stade Velodrome before eventually going down 37-20.
The last of 3,200 gold miners trapped by a power failure reached the surface late Thursday after nearly two days underground, witnesses reported.
Hundreds of workers from a South African gold mine returned to the surface Thursday morning after power to the mine was restored, following an accident that kept them underground for more than a day, the company operating the mine told CNN.
Josh Macabuag is in Jozini, South Africa, where he will be working with the charity Engineers Without Borders (EWB).
The Palms shopping center in Lagos is the largest mall in sub-Saharan Africa. It's managed by a South African company, Broll, and most of its stores - Game, Shoprite, NuMetro, Nandos - are South African brands. The largest mobile-phone company in Nigeria? It, too, is South African: MTN, which has captured nearly 50% of the market.
Josh Macabuag is in Jozini, South Africa, where he will be working with the charity Engineers Without Borders (EWB).
Josh Macabuag is in Jozini, South Africa, where he will be working with the charity Engineers Without Borders (EWB).
Engineers Without Borders (EWB) has operations in countries across the world, each committed to engineering for international development.
Host nation South Africa got the inaugural Twenty20 world championships off to a thrilling start with a superb eight wicket victory over the West Indies.
South Africa's health department said on Tuesday it has recalled 20 million potentially defective condoms approved by an official accused of taking bribes from a manufacturer.
South Africa's health department said Tuesday it has recalled 20 million potentially defective condoms approved by an official accused of taking bribes from a manufacturer.
South Africa's leading players have been dealt a heavy blow after the country's rugby chiefs decided that players basing themselves abroad would no longer be eligible for the national team.
Tens of thousands of public sector workers marched Wednesday to government offices across the country, escalating a 12-day-old strike
Feud for thought
South African captain Graeme Smith led his team into the second round of the World Cup with a convincing seven-wicket win over Scotland in their Group A match on Tuesday.
Emphatic batting by AB de Villiers and Graeme Smith handed South Africa a comprehensive victory in the fourth one-day international against Pakistan on Sunday.
Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq hit 92 not out to dampen the celebrations of Makhaya Ntini, who took his 300th wicket for South Africa in the second test in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
South African trio James Kingston, Jakobus Roos and Hennie Otto share the lead on 11-under-par 132 after the second round of the inaugural Joburg Open.
Graeme Smith's 55 guided South Africa to a series clinching five-wicket win a over India in the third test in Cape Town on Saturday.
South Africa has become the first African nation to give legal recognition to same-sex partnerships. The legislation passed this week was drawn up after the country's high court ruled that existing marriage legislation discriminated against same-sex couples
Strike bowler Makhaya Ntini captured five for 21 as Pakistan were routed for 89 in Mohali and South Africa surged into the Champions Trophy semifinals.
South Africa rugby coach Jake White suffered further injury setbacks during a training session on Wednesday.
South Africa will abandon their tour of Sri Lanka after a report by an independent security consultant, said that "the current risk to the team is at an unacceptable level".
South Africa agreed Tuesday to await an independent security evaluation by the International Cricket Council before deciding whether to pull out from a tri-nation series in Sri Lanka, following a bomb blast near the team's hotel.
Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene batted throughout the day to record unbeaten double hundreds and put Sri Lanka in total control of the first Test against South Africa on Friday.
The janitors at a rural secondary school in the eastern South African town of Jeppe's Reef are letting their curiosity get the best of them.
Australia recorded their biggest win over South Africa in 85 years with a 49-0 demolition of the Springboks in the second round of the Tri-Nations at Lang Park.
Ashwell Prince will captain South Africa in Sri Lanka later this month after regular captain Graeme Smith withdrew from the tour with an ankle injury.
Lock Bakkies Botha and center Jean de Villiers have been ruled out of South Africa's Tri-nations squad after failing to recover from their injuries.
Charles Nqakula, South Africa's minister for safety and security, has a message for people complaining about his country's rampant crime rate: You can pack your bags and go.
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