● Video: Thank You, World!
29 July 2010 | 8:06 am
"You arrived with open minds. And embraced the spirit of Africa ..." South Africa thanks all the teams and fans who visited the country "for helping make the 2010 Fifa World Cup one the world will never forget".
● Video: Why we should keep flying
28 July 2010 | 2:17 am
South Africans "stood for what being an African is about" during the 2010 Fifa World Cup and should "keep the love going", says Nkatlego, a youngster from Soweto - while giving her thoughts on what it means to be South African.
● 'Bright future' for Cape Town tourism
26 July 2010 | 3:32 am
The successful hosting of the 2010 Fifa World Cup will have a multiplier effect on the number of international tourists visiting Cape Town in future, the city's tourism agency predicts.
● Journalists 'bowled over by Cape Town'
26 July 2010 | 3:06 am
Journalists from across the world have hailed Cape Town as one of the world's friendliest and most beautiful cities, according to a report compiled by the city's tourism agency.
● Unpacking the World Cup legacy
26 July 2010 | 2:22 am
Up to one percentage point of extra GDP growth; a catalyst for creating jobs and skills while expanding infrastructure; invaluable lessons in how to deliver on major projects; a massive international image boost; new unity and self-belief at home ... Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan unpacks some of the 2010 Fifa World Cup legacy.
● Cape Town stadium looks forward
22 July 2010 | 2:14 am
Cape Town's Green Point stadium, visited by over half-a-million football fans during the 2010 Fifa World Cup, had cost about 25% less than its council-approved operating budget over the last 18 months, its operator said while outlining future plans for the venue on Wednesday.
● Joburg: 'close to a million 2010 visitors'
22 July 2010 | 2:13 am
South Africa's biggest, fastest-moving city, Johannesburg, had almost a million visitors during the 2010 Fifa World Cup, says the Joburg Tourism Company, adding that tourism initiatives put in place for the event would continue to benefit the city's visitors and residents.
● SA to ride World Cup 'tailwind': OECD
21 July 2010 | 2:34 am
Successfully hosting the 2010 Fifa World Cup has earned South Africa "a lot of respect" and "will bring business opportunities and hopefully will open markets," says the Organization for Co-Operation and Development.
● Police 'to build on World Cup success'
19 July 2010 | 4:23 am
While policing cannot be sustained at the level it was during the 2010 Fifa World Cup, the crime situation in South Africa will not be allowed to return to where it was before the tournament, say senior police officials.
● Govt, business to 'build on World Cup'
15 July 2010 | 1:54 am
South Africa's government and business sector have agreed to convene a special meeting to discuss ways in which the country can build on the momentum of the 2010 Fifa World Cup to help improve South Africans' quality of life.
● Take a bow, South Africa!
14 July 2010 | 7:26 am
John Carlin, author of Playing the Enemy, says all the stories about the 2010 Fifa World Cup being the 1995 rugby World Cup all over again, about healing racial wounds, uniting the fractured nation and so forth, were off the mark. "It was much, much better than that."
● Video: South Africa says Thank You!
14 July 2010 | 4:06 am
"Siyabonga! Thank you! We enjoyed your company so much - please come back again ..." South Africans from all walks of life send their messages to the thousands of people who visited the country for the 2010 Fifa World Cup.
● 'Keep the 2010 ball rolling'
14 July 2010 | 3:14 am
The 2010 Fifa World Cup has given South Africa a platform on which real opportunities can be built, and South Africans should unite to keep the positive sentiment generated over the past month going, says the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
● Innovation legacy of World Cup
14 July 2010 | 3:06 am
South Africa's 2010 Fifa World Cup will leave its mark, experts say, not only in the many humanitarian initiatives which have sprung up around it, but also in lasting improvements in infrastructure and technology in the country.
● South Africa: keep flying!
13 July 2010 | 7:11 am
Brand South Africa is to keep the momentum of solidarity and national pride built up in the country during the 2010 Fifa World Cup by morphing its highly successful Football Fridays campaign into a new Fly the Flag Fridays initiative.
● SA's World Cup 'near-perfect': Fifa
13 July 2010 | 2:09 am
As Fifa president Sepp Blatter gave South Africa a near-perfect 9 out of 10 for its hosting of the 2010 Fifa World Cup, analysts said the spin-offs of improved perceptions abroad could have a long-lasting impact not only on South Africa and its development but on the continent as a whole.
● South Africans the 'true stars': Zuma
13 July 2010 | 2:06 am
The people of South Africa were the "true stars" of the 2010 Fifa World Cup, uniting to prove to the world that the country and the continent was capable of hosting a world-class event, says President Jacob Zuma.
● Pride for Africa as Spain strike gold
13 July 2010 | 1:54 am
Only 12 kilometres separate Spain from Africa at their closest point, and they were united in celebration at the finish of a 19th Fifa World Cup that sent a fault line of happiness stretching all the way from Bloemfontein to Barcelona.
● South Africa's World Cup wins hearts
13 July 2010 | 1:37 am
The aftermath of hosting what has been hailed by one and all as a successful 2010 Fifa World Cup will no doubt leave South Africans with a massive hangover. However, the tournament has given them a new sense of pride, confidence and optimism, and opened a new chapter not only for the hosts but for the African continent.
● SA celebrates as World Cup wraps up
12 July 2010 | 7:21 am
As Spain lifted the 2010 Fifa World Cup on the chilly evening of 11 July, South Africans across the country were filled with a sense of pride in a spectacle well hosted.
● A World Cup to remember
12 July 2010 | 4:04 am
The 2010 Fifa World Cup concluded in fine style on Sunday, with the Spanish national side raising the coveted trophy as champions for the first time. As the curtain fell on the historic event, fans reflected on what made the tournament so special for them.
● 1Goal: education 'the greatest legacy'
12 July 2010 | 3:17 am
Addressing heads of state during the "1Goal: Education for All" summit in Pretoria on Sunday, President Jacob Zuma said there was no greater legacy that hosting the 2010 Fifa World Cup could leave than that of education.
● Spain worthy World Cup winners
12 July 2010 | 2:56 am
The curtain came down on the 2010 Fifa World Cup in spectacular fashion at Johannesburg's Soccer City Stadium on Sunday, with a stunning closing ceremony and an eye-catching display of fireworks after the completion of the final, a tense affair which went into extra-time before Spain were crowned football champions of the world.
● Mandela magic at Soccer City
12 July 2010 | 1:54 am
Mandela magic was broadcast around the world as over half a billion people watched South Africa's former president, Nelson Mandela, make his way onto the pitch of Johannesburg's Soccer City moments after the closing ceremony of the 2010 Fifa World Cup.
● South Africa's closing ceremony dazzles
12 July 2010 | 1:53 am
A sell-out crowd inside Johannesburg's Soccer City Stadium as well as an audience of hundreds of millions across the globe were wowed by a colourful ceremony on Sunday night to celebrate the successful conclusion of a memorable first Fifa World Cup on African soil.
● Rugby, football - and a nation united
9 July 2010 | 4:48 am
In 1994, when South Africa shed the shackles of apartheid, it did not mean the country was automatically set on a path of unity. Sport - starting with the 1995 Rugby World Cup, followed up by the 1996 African Nations Cup, and continuing with the 2010 Fifa World Cup - played and continues to play a major unifying role.
● World Cup: Brazil to learn from SA
9 July 2010 | 3:54 am
South Africa's successful hosting of the 2010 Fifa World Cup will help Brazil identify the requirements of hosting a modern-day Fifa World Cup, visiting soccer bosses from the South American country said on Thursday.
● Photos: Vuvuzelas conquer the world!
8 July 2010 | 5:04 am
A stadium in Oregon, a beer garden in Germany, a pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong, a pride march in Seattle, and 2010 Fifa World Cup fan fests everywhere: South Africa's vuvuzela is taking over the world. View MediaClubSouthAfrica.com's gallery of the invasion.
● World Cup: Cape Town takes a bow
8 July 2010 | 4:35 am
As Cape Town played host to the semi-final clash between the Netherlands and Uruguay on Tuesday night, the city bid farewell to its 2010 Fifa World Cup journey. For the city residents, it has been a memorable month that will live with them long after the tournament.
● Zuma urges fans to support 1 Goal
7 July 2010 | 7:57 am
President Jacob Zuma has called on soccer fans to help make the legacy of the 2010 Fifa World Cup last beyond the soccer spectacular by supporting the 1 Goal initiative, which aims to win support for delivering education to an estimated 72-million children worldwide.
