The Transformation of K’naan
How a political song about the aftermath of the Cold War, refugees and statelessness was defanged, first for FIFA and then for Coca Cola.
SPORTS
Rhythm like you’ve never seen
No one mixes nationalism, tourism and sport in a feel-good cocktail quite like the South African advertising industry.
The Indominable Lion
Samuel Eto'o is the official face of the 2010 World Cup. He is also the most impressive African footballer of the last decade.
You Never Walk Alone
It's no accident that so many South Africans watch and support English Premier League football teams.
Manufacturing controversy
The mass support for Caster Semenya among South Africans is paradoxical: of a country deeply divided, yet at certain moments strangely united around a common cause.