Tag Archives : South Africa

One of the foremost names in mobile handsets and the world’s biggest cell phone manufacturer, Nokia has announced that, the Finnish company will now be pulling out its free music download service from 27 countries across the globe due to declining sales and less consumer interest in the regions. However, some of the strongest markets of Nokia such [...]

A park in South Africa has implemented a new measure to monitor its rhinos: with GPS tracking implanted in their horns, animals can be tracked at every move and at any time interval. The measure is part of a plan to protect the giant against hunter. One of the Big Five South Africans are threatened with extinction some time, but the directors Mafikeng [...]

With the immense success achieved by the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, numerous nations are already in line to bid for the event that will take place in the year 2022 and as the technology advances, fans all across the globe can expect to witness more and more breakthroughs in these special events. Now, one of the most prosperous nations in the [...]

Art is a talent that has no age limits and as long as one has creativity and a unique eye for conceptualization, regardless of how old you are, you would always be appreciated. As is in the case of Kieron Williamson, an eight year old boy, who has now been coined as the ‘Mini Monet’ for his incredible paintings and is said to be one of the most [...]

The most famous and popular sports tournament, the FIFA World Cup, reached record access to sports pages and many posts on Twitter, and surpasses the biggest event of the internet until then, the election of Barack Obama in 2008. Until the beginning of World selections, the most popular event of the internet had been Obama’s election as U.S. [...]

After four years of waiting and intense speculations, one of the world’s biggest and most cherished sporting events has finally went underway and has taken the world by storm. Yes, we are talking about the 2010 FIFA World Cup that kicked off on June 11th, 2010 in South Africa. From England to Brazil and soccer fans all over the world had been dreaming [...]

Brazil is the only country that ran in the 19 editions of the World Cup. It scooped five titles and is the biggest winner. In recent decades always figured among the favorites. And on Tuesday, in its debut edition of South Africa, flirted with the largest “zebra” in its history. Everything was decided in the second half after a goalless draw in [...]

Well, one of the world’s biggest and most famous sporting events, the 2010 FIFA World Cup has begun and soccer fans all across the globe are cheering fir their favorite teams. But amid all this celebration and zest, there is one element of the world cup that just doesn’t make sense to a lot of people, especially the players and their coachers. We [...]

The 2010 World Cup is one of the most anticipated sporting events of the year, and ensures that for a little over a month all eyes of the world are facing South Africa after all, apart from the competition bringing together the best players in the world, is the first time an event of such magnitude happens in Africa. Even those who like to watch football [...]

The BBC television network is considering broadcast the games of the World Cup in South Africa without the viewers have to endure the incessant buzz of the vuvuzela. The public broadcaster has received 220 complaints and, reports the Guardian newspaper, wants to reflect the environment of games, is studying the possibility to pass them so that we can [...]