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Ready to host the world

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:13:52 GMT

Football supporters who travel to South Africa next year for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ will receive the traditional warm South African welcome irrespective of which of the nine host cities they visit.
Source: FIFA

A firebrand leader in the making

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:01:21 GMT

Julius Malema, the president of the African National Congress Youth League, is one of the most high profile figures on the political landscape. Barely a day goes by without Malema pronouncing on one issue or another.
Source: Mail & Guardian Online

South Africa: SA Will Host Successful World Cup

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:47:32 GMT

Cape Town — Former Robben Island prisoners have urged South Africans to rally behind Bafana Bafana saying South Africa will host a successful world cup next year.
Source: AllAfrica.com

People in the news

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:44:14 GMT

‘Up in the Air’ NBR’s best film of the year New York — “Up in the Air” was named best picture from the National Board of Review and won a total of four awards.
Source: Lawrence Journal World

Football´s inspiring role at notorious island prison

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:41:12 GMT

FIFA paid a symbolic tribute Thursday to the role football played in shaping resistance at one of the most notorious penal colonies of the last century.
Source: Soccer News

Tonight marks a moment of pride for SA

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:34:09 GMT

I AM NOT one for soppy stories. I also am not easily moved by things. By training, design and choice I am a cynic. And at the best of times I am sceptical even when there is little room for scepticism.
Source: Sowetan

Football World Cup winners to pocket $30 million

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:48:43 GMT

ALL SET: The draw for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa takes place on Friday. Robben Island (South Africa): The winners of next year's World Cup final in South Africa will collect a cheque for $30 million, FIFA said on Thursday.
Source: IBN Live

School’s out as teachers do admin work instead

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:24:11 GMT

A WEEK before the term ends, school is already out for thousands of Nelson Mandela Bay pupils who have been left unsupervised as teachers are bogged down with administration.
Source: The Herald Online

Quoted in 'Baddiel and Skinner to reunite'

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:07:28 GMT

David Baddiel said in Banbury Today:

I absolutely refuse to go to South Africa until they comply with The Specials' demand and free Nelson Mandela. What ... When?

Quoted in 'Alemayehu G. Mariam: The Great Ethiopian Run to Freedom'

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:53:29 GMT

Nelson Mandela said in Huffington Post:

The victory of democracy in South Africa is the common achievement of all humanity.

Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:35:01 GMT

A member of South Africa's Ndebele tribe attends a gathering of traditional leaders from around the country in Pretoria on November 5, 2009 at Freedom Park in honour of former President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.

Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:24:52 GMT

A member of South Africa's Ndebele tribe attends a gathering of traditional leaders from all over the country in Pretoria on November 5, 2009 at Freedom Park in honour of former President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.

BARACK OBAMA MESSAGE TO NELSON MANDELA

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:37:16 GMT