• In Tuesday's games hosts Nigeria thrashed Cameroon 5-0 while Ghana needed a last minute penalty to edge out South Africa 1-0.

    BBC: SPORT | Football | African | Ghana and Nigeria reach AWC final

  • The Peking Man fossils are a vital component of the Out of Africa 1 migration theory, which proposes that Homo erectus first appeared in Africa around two million years ago before spreading north and east (modern humans, Homo sapiens, would follow much later and supplant all other Homo species).

    BBC: 'Peking Man' older than thought

  • Today, Africa needs 1 million teachers to meet the increasing demand among African children and youth.

    UNESCO: EDUCATION

  • The nearest landfall is South Africa, 1, 750 miles east, and to the west, South America is more than 2, 000 miles.

    CNN: World's 7 most dangerous and remote islands

  • Insufficient staffing to ensure universal primary education by 2015 affects the different regions as follows: Sub-Saharan Africa (1, 115, 000 teachers required), Arab States (-243, 000 teachers), South and West Asia (-292, 000), North America and Western Europe (-155, 000).

    UNESCO: Education

  • Nigeria will face Austria in a friendly in Vienna on 27 May and then begin their 2010 World Cup qualifiers at home to South Africa on 1 June before their fixture against Sierra Leone six days later.

    BBC: Obodo pulls out of Nigeria squad

  • Current FIFA Women's World Cup holder Japan won its opening match against Canada 2-1, while Brazil thumped Cameroon 5-0 and Sweden beat South Africa 4-1.

    CNN: July 27, 2012 -- Updated 0040 GMT (0840 HKT)

  • Current FIFA Women's World Cup holders Japan won their opening match by beating Canada 2-1 at the Ricoh Arena, Brazil thumped Cameroon 5-0 and Sweden beat South Africa 4-1.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • But even in South Africa, Net 1 hasn't moved beyond 4, 000 merchants that use its smart card reader.

    FORBES: Great Expectations

  • It is a controversial ranking, given that Australia thrashed South Africa 5-1 over a series split between the two countries 12 months ago.

    BBC: Test cricket's glittering prize

  • They traveled 8, 000 miles on a volunteer mission to serve the poorest of the poor: some of South Africa's 1.4 million AIDS orphans.

    CNN: Behind the Scenes: Inner city kids travel to South Africa

  • But the team, which tours Australia, New Zealand or South Africa every four years, hasn't won a test series since beating South Africa 2-1 in 1997.

    WSJ: Barbarians Shape Up For Lions Rugby in Hong Kong

  • There are no real surprises in the squad, with Harvey and off-spinner Nathan Hauritz the players omitted from the 15 which beat South Africa 6-1 earlier this year.

    BBC: Aussies stick with Watson

  • Last year South Africa beat Madagascar 1-0 in Durban in a World Cup warm-up and then narrowly edged the islanders in a penalty shootout in a Cosafa Castle Cup quarter-final tie played at Port Elizabeth.

    BBC: SA to take on Madagascar

  • In a calendar year, only Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf (1, 788), West Indian Viv Richards (1, 710) and South Africa's Graeme Smith (1, 656) have scored more Test runs than Clarke.

    CNN: Clarke breaks Ponting's Australian record

  • Foreign individuals including those who live in South Africa own 1-3% of residential properties, and about 2% of farms.

    ECONOMIST: Foreigners are not responsible for rising property prices

  • But Flintoff gave England hope after removing Graeme Smith (7) late on to leave South Africa at 38-1 at stumps.

    BBC: England toil as S Africa dominate

  • The left-hander also shone in the one-day series against Australia, which South Africa won 4-1 to top the one-day rankings.

    BBC: Prince left out of S Africa squad

  • The former South Africa captain died on 1 June 2002 when the aircraft crashed into a hill 260 miles from Cape Town.

    BBC: Cronje crash due to weather

  • With the largest oil reserves in Africa, it produced 1.6 million barrels of oil a day before the war and accounted for 95% of the country's export earnings.

    BBC: Libya's new battle is getting young people into jobs

  • The 27-year-old was man of the series when South Africa's 4-1 win in the one-day series in Australia in January.

    BBC: Johnson inspires Australia to win

  • The fiery striker passed the 50-cap mark on Saturday when he scored for South Africa in their 2-1 defeat by Egypt in Cairo.

    BBC: SPORT | Football | African | SA officials blunder

  • Resuming on 299-1, South Africa soon lost centurions Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla, before Ashwell Prince's timely 59 helped push the score along.

    BBC: South Africa make Bangladesh toil

  • But people will look at his handball in the build-up to France's extra-time equaliser, which sent them to South Africa with a 2-1 aggregate victory, and say he's cheated.

    BBC: The hand of Henry

  • The Elephants are packing their trunks for South Africa following Saturday's 1-1 draw in Malawi, with captain and top scorer Drogba fittingly grabbing the decisive goal (his fifth of the campaign).

    BBC: A new and improved Ivory Coast?

  • Having just gone down 4-1 to South Africa, it was the first time Australia had suffered four consecutive ODI defeats since they lost five on the bounce against New Zealand and England in February 2007.

    BBC: Kiwis snatch win in Perth opener

  • The South Africa team had a minor boost with a 4-1 defeat of Equatorial Guinea in the combined 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers over the weekend.

    BBC: Two years to SA 2010 kick-off

  • The closest big war to South Africa is in Angola, over 1, 000km away.

    ECONOMIST: A ticket to prosperity

  • Following their wins in Perth and Melbourne, South Africa took the series 2-1 and Smith admitted they could have sealed the clean sweep.

    BBC: Brave Smith beaten but not down

  • The next working meeting of the ESDA programme partners will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 28 August to 1 September 2010.

    UNESCO: Education

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