Britain announced Tuesday one million pounds in aid to South Africa for the purchase of condoms to tackle HIV and AIDS in the world's worst-affected country ahead of the 2010 World Cup. The money, equivalent to 1.1 million euros or 1.5 million dollars, is to bolster the host's condom supplies, a move health officials predict will ...

The green pitch at Port Elizabeth's World Cup stadium has become an island in a sea of brown, exempt from water limits imposed due to a drought that has scorched the land outside. Five people work day and night to maintain the grass inside the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, designed to resemble a flower that now appears to blossom ...

South Africa's ruling party said Tuesday it was trying to confirm with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela if she told a British newspaper her ex-husband Nelson Mandela had "let down" the nation. Madikizela-Mandela's scathing comments about the internationally respected statesman were reported in the London Evening Standard this weekly. The African National Congress, a former liberation movement that now governs South ...

A Chinese factory has halted production of World Cup 2010 mascot toys after an investigation into alleged sweatshop conditions, the merchandise company for world football body FIFA said Tuesday. Global Brands Group, master licensee for all FIFA World Cup 2010 merchandise, withdrew manufacturing approval after an audit of the factory showed standards had been flouted. "The audit identified a number ...