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India's Bharti Airtel is on the verge of becoming the world's no. 5 wireless carrier by subscribers after completing its $9 billion acquisition of African operations from Kuwait's Zain. The deal means that the firm is taking over operations in 15 African countries.

The countries include Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, the Democratic…

South Africa is now just days away from the party of a lifetime. The signs are there for all to see – the millions of flags, the enormous murals draped around buildings, the clatter of helicopters, the droning of vuvuzelas, and the orderly chaos as millions of people gear up for global football’s showpiece event.

A visibly emotional Fifa President Sepp Blatter said he could not express his feelings as he was awarded the Order of the Companion of OR Tambo for the instrumental role he played in bringing the Fifa World Cup to the African continent for the first time.

A visibly emotional Fifa President Sepp Blatter said he could not express his feelings as he was awarded the Order of the Companion of OR Tambo for the role he played in bringing the Fifa World Cup to the African continent for the first time.

Just as the 2006 World Cup had Germans smiling, drinking beer and waving the national flag en masse for the first time in 60 years, so the first African World Cup in South Africa could have an equally dramatic effect on promoting social cohesion in a country with a lingering legacy of racial inequality, writes John Battersby.

Football fever has well and truly taken hold of South Africa, with public opinion towards the 2010 Fifa World Cup overwhelmingly positive and optimism surrounding the national team’s chances remarkably robust, according to latest market research.

Some of the construction workers retrenched after the completion of World Cup stadiums and projects will be employed over the next three years as the country prepares to spend up to R700-billion on new roads, bridges and dams, says Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele.

Many of the construction workers retrenched after the completion of World Cup projects will be employed over the next three years as the country spends up to R700-billion on new roads, bridges and dams, says Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele.

There are simpler ways of getting to South Africa, but the simple route was never an option for three friends from Torre de Belem, who took a 42-day road trip from Portugal to South Africa, passing through 11 countries en route.

Just days before South Africa meets Mexico in the opening match of the 2010 Fifa World Cup at Soccer City, Johannesburg, President Jacob Zuma took the opportunity to welcome the world to South Africa.