Grammy-winning international artists will perform at the World Cup kick-off celebration, on the eve of the world's biggest sporting event in South Africa, FIFA said on Wednesday. The Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, Shakira and Alicia Keyes will share the stage with local and African artists in Soweto, in a concert to be broadcast worldwide on June 10. "We ...

South African President Jacob Zuma Wednesday began talks with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, amid growing pressure for the country to move toward new elections. "The principals are meeting this morning," Patrick Chinamasa, the chief negotiator for Mugabe's ZANU-PF party told AFP. Mugabe and Tsvangirai formed a unity government in February last year under stiff ...

South Africa proposed anti-human trafficking legislation on Tuesday ahead of the 2010 football World Cup, when the country is readying for an influx of hundreds of thousands of visitors. "Trafficking in persons is a worldwide phenomenon and is one of the most lucrative criminal enterprises globally. People are trafficked mainly for sexual exploitation and forced labour," said Justice Minister Jeff ...

Thousands of people stomp their feet and chant the traditional Sesotho-language greeting, "Siwelele, wele, wele", cheering Bloemfontein's football team with a burst of song from the heart of a South African township. The joyous scene in the 20,000-seat Ramabodu stadium is a typically South African celebration of football, born of the apartheid years, when football stadiums were one ...