Construction work on South Africa’s World Cup 2010 stadiums will soon get going again, as the National Union of Mineworkers (which also includes construction workers) claims to have reached an agreement with the companies about their disputed pay increase:
“The strike is over,” said Lesiba Seshoka, spokesman for the NUM. “We got a good offer.”

Abedi Pele seems to think so, and he offers up some very fair points in the process.
It’s no secret that the host continent typically provides the winner. In fact only Brazil & Argentina have won it outside South America, and Argentina’s victory was still in the Americas, in Mexico. And it’s also no secret [...]

It’s June 11th 2009 and on June 11th, 2010, the World Cup will kick off in South Africa. Thus the South Africans decided to throw a little soiree for the one year countdown at Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town. South African prez Jacob Zuma was there, along with various dignitaries and people who either put [...]

This picture is both a brilliant jab at a certain Portuguese winger by Albanian fans at the weekend’s qualifier and a stern reminder to the Portugal team that the name on your kit alone won’t book your ticket to South Africa, as spots for next summer’s tournament begun dropping off this weekend.
Most of the big [...]

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 [...]