Africa Media Online

World Cup stories that go beyond sports reporting

Thousands of journalists have descended on South Africa for the World Cup, but the question is how many will dig deeper to provide stories that go beyond mere sports or superficial events coverage? The 126 African journalists of the Twenty Ten project are tasked with telling Africa's stories more fully and with unique perspective. 14 Jun 2010 10:30

Zimbabwe pays for "brand opportunity" from Brazilian team visit

[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe has splurged an undisclosed amount of cash to lure the Brazilian national football team into the country ahead of the FIFA World Cup which kicks off in South Africa on 11 June 2010. 31 May 2010 13:56

NetOne sets up World Cup fan parks

[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's mobile phone network operator NetOne has begun rolling out fan parks across the country ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup to be hosted by South Africa in June. 19 May 2010 08:50

2010 FIFA World Cup: two million tickets sold

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The number of tickets sold so far for the 2010 FIFA World Cup has reached the two million mark, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke told a media briefing yesterday, Wednesday, 27 January 2010, at the Sandton Sun Hotel in Johannesburg. 28 Jan 2010 12:19

Harare's Chinese-built stadium ready for 2010

[Michael Hamlyn] Just in case it should happen to be wanted, a 60,000-seater soccer stadium has been completely refurbished in time for the 2010 soccer World Cup in Zimbabwe. 21 Apr 2009 10:26

FIFA to assess Zim's capacity to host 2010 teams

[Kennedy Langat] A delegation of FIFA officials is to travel to Zimbabwe to assess the country's capacity to host visitors and teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. 7 Sep 2007 12:59