The world economic downturn has forced World Cup organisers to review initial projected ticket sales, but host South Africa on Friday was confident of full stadiums. "I suppose everybody should be worried about the ticket sales when they are not sold at the rate they expected," sports minister Makhenkesi Stofile told journalists ahead of June kick-off. "When the World Cup ...

South African police have fired water cannons at angry youths and children protesting a court decision to grant bail to a hip-hop artist accused of killing four children in a drag race. After a tense three-day hearing in Johannesburg's Soweto township, a judge freed ...

FIFA has ordered a South African budget airline to pull an advert promoting its fares during the World Cup, citing trademark infringement, The Star newspaper reported on Friday. Kulula.com, known for funny and irreverent ads, was running a multimedia campaign calling itself the "Unofficial National Carrier of the You-Know-What", along with drawings of Cape Town's stadium, footballs, vuvuzela ...

South Africa's ruling party says it used its overwhelming majority in the nation's parliament to throw out a no confidence vote in President Jacob Zuma. The African National Congress says the opposition's no confidence motion was frivolous and baseless and the parliament reaffirmed its full confidence ...