- Vol 54 No 3
- 1st February 2013
If the Arab Spring was meant to breathe new vitality into all areas of North African life, nobody told the football teams at this year’s hugely popular Africa Cup of Nations. For the first time since 1992, there will be no North African teams in the quart...
- Vol 47 No 3
- 3rd February 2006
Shock spread when South Africa, host of the 2010 World Cup, was knocked out in the first round after an ignominious 3-0 defeat by Zambia on 30 January. A furious President Thabo Mbeki accused the national team, Bafana Bafana, of failing to defend the coun...
- Vol 45 No 4
- 20th February 2004
Held back by political and economic crises, Africa's football
talent shines through