We’re about thirteen months away from World Cup 2010, so it’s time to start filling in a few details. Details like the official World Cup 2010 anthem, which will apparently be provided by American R&B singer/songwriter/producer Akon.
“I’ve been hired as musical director for the World Cup,” he told the Daily Mirror. “I will be overseeing [...]

The story of Lucas Radebe reads much like a Hollywood rags to riches fairytale; a young man, struggling with the pain and violence of his home South Africa, torn by apartheid, gets a chance to shine on the highest level, takes that chance, succeeds and becomes a national hero.
The central defender spent 11 [...]

World Cup qualifying is a long and complicated process. A lot of quotas and playoffs are involved in whittling down every nation on earth into the 32 teams that will go to South Africa and shake paws with Zakumi (pictured) in 2010.
We’ll know the lucky 32 are when qualification ends in November 2009. But if [...]

The arch for Durban’s WC 2010 stadium (Moses Mabhida Stadium) was such an achievement they threw a massive party just for its completion – the stadium itself still has some way to go. The genius aspect? A tram will hitch up to the underside of the structure and rise to the top of the curve [...]

It’s no big secret that we’re all a bit worried about World Cup 2010 in South Africa right now.
And though those concerns are very much legitimate, I think it’s time someone offered a few rays of light to counterbalance all the World Cup 2010 doom and gloom.
So, here are ten reasons to be optimistic about [...]

Caption via Yahoo:
South African kids sit next to Nelspruit’s new football stadium on January 20, 2009 that will be used as one of the 10 stadiums across South Africa for the 2010 World Cup.

That’s a football stadium? This clearly is not going to go well.
(Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images)

Not really of course, it’s just a promotional facade. But it does look pretty convincing.

World Cups traditionally (and by “traditionally,” I mean “ever since Sepp Blatter made them commercial whoreathons”) have six main sponsors (which is actually extremelely silly when you think about it).
But looks like Satyam (an Indian computer company) could be about to lose their spot among the hallowed six for 2010, after a massive massive accounting [...]

Wish I had some good news to share about World Cup 2010. But I don’t.
Earlier this week Jimmy Mohlala – a member of the WC organizing committee, former South African FA executive and Speaker of the Mbombela local municipality – was murdered outside his home by unknown gunmen.
Nothing good about that. But this tragedy is [...]

“We are in the killing field where criminals are killing law-abiding citizens.” – Safety and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa.
Not exactly a quote you want to see come from the mouth of the person in charge of such matters as safety and security (mildly important, I gather). Ever worse when this country – one featuring [...]