As 2010 FIFA World Cup ends, Student Village together with the Keep Flying campaign are encouraging you to support charities with clothes and flags and to keep up the good cheer in South Africa, we can sport Keep Flying buttons and our flags for another month.
Keep Flying is a simple idea. An idea that matters. And an idea that belongs to all of us. It believes that its all of our responsibility to fly the flag and to recognize what the flag symbolizes: Us, and our unity. A unity …

Ghana is the first African team from the six pack to make it to the last 16 stages of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Germany defeated the Black Stars but they come in second place in Group D after Australia did them a favour by beating Serbia. Germany will face Engalnd in Bloemfontein this Sunday – while the only African team so far in the last 16 will take on the USA on Saturday at the Royal Bafoekeng Staduim.
Despite a 2-1 win in their group D encounter last night – neither Australia nor …

Bafana Bafana have vacated their base camp in Sandton following their exit from the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Bafana won their group match against France 2-0 but it was not enough to secure them a place in the last 16 of the tournament.
Coach Carlos Alberto Parriera’s contract expires at the end of July while the team will re-group in September under a new coach – Pitso Mosimane and Super Sport United coach Gavin Hunt are in contention for the job.
SAFA CEO Leslie Sedibe says Bafana Bafana will start preparing for …

A new report has found that 89.9 percent of people want the vuvuzela to be banned from he 2010 FIFA World Cup.
This is according to banvuvuzela.com which was created to allow people to vote either for or against the banning of the unofficial national instrument of Mzansi.
The site has so far received over 83 000 votes – with just under 75 000 people supporting a motion to ban the horn.
However – Local Organising Committee CEO Danny Jordaan says there are no grounds to ban the vuvuzela – and LOC spokesperson …

Bafana Bafana’s sensational mid-fielder Tshabalala stood out on Friday scoring the first goal of the 2010 World Cup as Bafana were held to a 1-1 draw by Mexico.
But ahead of his side’s second group game against Uruguay on Wednesday, the tenacious midfielder believes South Africa can only improve. “Uruguay is a must win for us,” declared Tshabalala, according to Kickoff.com. “We will be going out there to do our best and make the nation proud because they are behind us. We will definitely do better in this second game. The …

Benni McCarthy is out of the World Cup!
Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira announced the final 23-man Bafana Bafana squad for the 2010 Soccer World Cup starting on June 11. In a shocking announcement, striker Benni McCarthy was dropped.
German-based goalkeeper Rowen Fernandez was also excluded, with Maritzburg United goalkeeper Shu-Aib Walters taking his place. Coach Parreira says,  “My heart is jumping off happiness. Went to bad in the early hours of the morning. Could not celebrate any goals because it has been difficult for us as coaches. These players were …

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By: Nikolai Viedge
The Vuvuzela, much like the 1995 Rugby World Cup victory in South Africa, is a unifying force for South Africans.
Given that you and probably a number of foreigners (looking for an “authentic” African experience), will have their lips attached to a vuvuzela, it’s time to introduce a few ground rules.
1. Never blow a vuvuzela in an enclosed space. A properly blown vuvuzela has the same effect on the ears as a car bomb exploding next to you. While the noise adds to the primal energy vital to football …

Football fever has gripped the University of Pretoria!
The Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, Prof Cheryl de la Rey, and the Argentine ambassador Mr Carlos Sersale De Cerisano were among the staff and the students celebrating the 30-day countdown to the kick-off of the FIFA Soccer World Cup.
The event which took place at the university’s piazza, was directed by the presenters from Tuks FM, SABC and E-TV. When addressing the crowd, Prof de la Rey mentioned that the University of Pretoria plays an important part in the soccer …

President Nelson Mandela welcomed the FIFA World Cup trophy to Mzansi today as preparations for the event hit fever pitch.
With tears of joy in his eyes, Utata Mandela proclaimed that he felt “like a boy of 15” on the day Mzansi was awarded the right to host the 2010 Fifa World Cup.  Today he again laid his hands on the FIFA World Cup trophy at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Joburg just 35 days before kick-off of Africa’s first FIFA World Cup.
FIFA secretary general Jérôme Valcke and Local Organising Committee …