To vuvuzela or not By Jaco Seyffert Flickr Photo: Deon Gurling/Cape Town Tourism © Being described as sounding like an angry elephant storming or a hive of irate bees, this infamous plastic horn from South Africa has created more noise than its actual 131dB trump. Now its critics, mostly the soccer players themselves and their trainers, wants it banned from all events during the Soccer World Cup.... 

Excitement before the World Cup 2010 by Johann Ebersohn 3 Days before the official opening of the Soccer World Cup on the 11th of June 2010 at Soccer City in Johannesburg. South Africa is ready and waiting in AN-TI-CI-PA-TION. We’ve had a lot of nay sayers about readiness and that we will not be able to pull it off in time, but we have done it. We have in previous years successfully hosted the Rugby... 

Football Fridays by Jaco Seyffert It is not unusual for big companies in South Africa to have casual Fridays, when the corporate suit and tie is ditched for the more casual jeans and t-shirt look. Now, the South African government has come up with a new initiative to support the 2010 Fifa World Cup™, by encouraging its people to wear the jerseys of their favorite soccer teams on Fridays. The vice...