The World Cup breakout stars in 2010 include Puyol, Donovan, Mueller, and The Psychic Octopus. But there’s no bigger phenomenon in South Africa this summer than that obnoxious plastic horn, the ...

Despite what it may sound like, teams in the 2010 World Cup have not been competing inside a giant bee hive. That buzzing comes from a South African horn called the vuvuzela, and its constant drone in ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. MULTIPLE CITIES: The term “vuvuzela” went from obscurity to ignominy in record time during the ...

Just because you didn't trek to Johannesburg doesn't mean you can't join in the futbol fun. We're talking about delving into the deep and rich musical heritage of South Africa with your very own ...

Four years ago, the vuvuzela was having a moment. An “instrument of torture” alone, a “swarm of angry bees” in a pack, the South African plastic horn droned endlessly in the background of World Cup ...

Soccer fans may be sick of hearing the sound of the vuvuzela, but a small business in Birmingham, Ala., is cashing in on the popularity of the noisemaker. Last year they predicted the horns would be a ...

International television viewers say they're turning off the sound and in some cases turning off the Cup to get away from the buzzing sound of vuvuzela horns, but most Africans cherish the plastic ...

As the hour draws near to the start of the World Cup, South Africa faces one concern that could possibly be greater than the journalist robberies: What to do with the vuvuzela? Beloved in South Africa ...

Stuck between two unruly fans at a ballgame, one drunkard spewing more spit and vitriol at the ump with every heckle and the other with a ear-blasting vuvuzela, which one is worse? By far, the ...

Love ’em or loathe ’em, the blaring plastic trumpets have become the hallmark of matches at the 2010 World Cup. We asked Trevor Cox, president of the UK Institute of Acoustics and an acoustic engineer ...

After the World Cup, South Africa's top political cartoonist depicted his proposals to reinvent the vuvuzela: as a pipe for heiress Paris Hilton, as dunce caps for the disgraced French team, or as a ...