"They believe in me." TB has a firm grip on the township of Khayelitsha on the outskirts of Cape Town.

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

The head of football's governing body, Sepp Blatter, accompanied the South African president to the impoverished township of Alexandra, in northeastern Johannesburg, for the launch of the Football for Hope Tournament.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

We will win the World Cup." The Ghana team bus paraded from the southeastern township of Soweto to the northern suburb of Melrose Arch, and the team later met former President Nelson Mandela at his home.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05