Positioned as a gateway to Africa for investment and trade from China, participation at Shanghai Expo becomes relevant when considering that in 2009 the total trade between China and Africa amounted to over 106 billion dollars, an increase of 45 percent over the previous year, of which South Africa accounted for 20%

The long-standing friendship that India and South Africa share can be dated back a thousand years ago to the time of Mapungubwe, the centre of the largest kingdom in the subcontinent, when gold and ivory and other valuable commodities were traded in abundance between the two nations.

The Community College Summit Initiative Programme reflects a growing recognition among American government officials that the US must do a better job in its public-diplomacy outreach to those who are not members of their countries' socioeconomic elite.There were certain gaps in exchange activity

The number of foreign visitors expected to come to South Africa to attend the much anticipated 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup have been slashed by one third. Between 250,000 to 300,000 foreign tourists are expected to come to South Africa to attend the games. This is down from earlier forecasts of 450,000 soccer fans from overseas.

As South Africa prepares to host the FIFA 2010 World Cup, international organizations and local non-governmental organizations are warning the event will bring with it a huge increase in human trafficking. But a recent study indicates that while the problem is severe it may not be as extensive as has been suggested.

Whilst most soccer pundits point to the 2006 World Cup held in Germany as an example of leveraging the world's biggest sporting event for rebranding the hosting nation, possibly the most relevant testimony to the nation branding power of the global showpiece emanates from the 2002 co-hosts, the Republic of Korea.

...Navneet Suri, a former consul general to South Africa, said that the popularity and level of awareness created about India by the IPL bandwagon in South Africa was one of the biggest gains of the money-spinner tournament.

Ever since the announcement of South Africa being the host for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, critics have argued that the world cup will lead to “limited benefits that will probably not extend far beyond the final whistle”. However, what the 2010 critics omit to acknowledge are the significant benefits South Africa may reap by leveraging the nation branding dimensions of the FIFA World Cup.