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South Africa took another huge step towards being ready for the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup with the launch of the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Sunday.
The African National Congress in KwaZulu Natal called on South Africans to attend the opening. The facility with a 350 metre high arch will officially open its doors with a soccer match between AmaZulu and Maritzburg United. More than 20 000 tickets had already been sold for the local derby.
PUBLICATION: Eyewitness News
AUTHOR: Nomsa Maseko
DATED: 1st December 2009 |
Durban has set the tone for the 2010 Fifa World Cup - with blaring vuzuzelas, drums and home-made instruments.
The multicoloured seats of the Moses Mabhida stadium reflected Durban's pride as supporters of all races cheered when Amazulu and Maritzburg United set the ball in motion to put the city's almost R3-billion investment on the global sports map.
With all eyes on the venue to determine whether the state-of-the-art stadium is more than a "pretty face" with its gleaming white...
PUBLICATION: Times Live
AUTHOR: NIVASHNI NAIR
DATED: 29th November 2009 |
LONDON (AP) -From FIFA president Sepp Blatter to David Beckham, soccer's big names will converge on South Africa next week to celebrate the draw for first World Cup on African turf.
Cheating, match fixing and fan violence also have forced their way onto the agenda. Blatter's personal crusade to bring soccer's biggest event to Africa has led to excitement and optimism that a continent which already provides some of the sport's best players now has been entrusted with staging its biggest tournament.
PUBLICATION: Sports Ilustrated
DATED: 27th November 2009 |
Next year's soccer world cup is safe in the hands of South Africa's law enforcement agencies, national police commissioner Bheki Cele said.
Speaking at the unveiling of the Western Cape police's new "war room" in Cape Town, he said there was no reason for doubt. "This is one area... where I sleep like a baby, when it comes to 2010," he said.
"Let's be clear on it, 2010 is safe in the hands of South Africans.
PUBLICATION: Times Live
AUTHOR: Sapa
DATED: 27th November 2009 |
JOHANNESBURG - The 2010 FIFA World Cup is expected to inject 55 billion rands ($7.
46 billion) into the South African economy, according to the Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi. Auditing firm Grant Thorn conducted the economic impact assessment for South Africa hosting the World Cup and found that not only would the event inject this much money into the local economy, but also create an estimated 415,000 new jobs, a Bua News report quoted the minister as saying.
PUBLICATION: Sports News
AUTHOR: IANS
DATED: 27th November 2009 |
Johannesburg — SMALL businesses were given an opportunity to share in the Soccer World Cup pie when Local Organising Committee CEO Danny Jordaan announced yesterday that they would be allowed to trade at Fifa's official public viewing events during the global showpiece.
Fifa's stringent regulations are expected to keep small business away from the stadiums next year, but Jordaan said informal traders -- who have been a part of South African football for decades -- would be allowed...
PUBLICATION: Business Day
AUTHOR: Mninawa Ntloko
DATED: 24th November 2009 |
Two hundred days to go until the World Cup kicks-off in South Africa and for the man at the helm, it marks a time to change the storyline.
With the last remaining teams having now secured their spot for the World Cup and with Cape Town feverishly preparing to host the final draw show on December 4, the 200-day countdown is certainly a significant one. For the CEO of the World Cup Organising Committee South Africa, Danny Jordaan, the 200-day mark is a time to reflect on the hard work done.
PUBLICATION: IOL
DATED: 22nd November 2009 |
JOHANNESBURG — The flags of the 32 nations that qualified for the 2010 World Cup are flying in Johannesburg.
A flag-raising ceremony livened by dancers, a choir and giant soccer player puppets was held Thursday at the offices shared by World Cup organizers and South African soccer authorities next door to Soccer City, the venue that will host the opening and closing matches. South African school children and ambassadors from the qualifying nations did the honors.
PUBLICATION: Associated Press
DATED: 19th November 2009 |
In the run up to the World Cup in South Africa next year, hundreds of thousands of fans will descend on South Africa for a 30 day celebration of football.
To make sure that South Africa can handle the influx, the country's airports have been receiving a facelift ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ and with only eight months until kick-off, the last few touches are being applied.
At the Wonderboom airport in Tshwane/Pretoria this week, South African Minister of Transport, Sibusiso Ndebele reflected on the importance of transport during the tournament.
PUBLICATION: FIFA.com
DATED: 5th November 2009 |
He said the government had signed guarantees to provide sufficient and safe transport to soccer fans.
"Without transport there is no World Cup," he said at the launch of the revamped Wonderboom National Airport in Pretoria. The Airports Company SA handled 32 million passengers a year, which was expected to increase to 43 million in 2010, he said.
Major airport developments were taking place at the OR Tambo, Cape Town, Polokwane and Bloemfontein airports.
PUBLICATION: Times Live
AUTHOR: Sapa
DATED: 30th October 2009 |
Cape Town — Traffic authorities have called on South Africans to exercise tolerance and patience on the country's roads during the World Cup, to reduce the risk of road rage and carnage.
One of the biggest concerns ahead of the event, says Ashref Ismail, national traffic enforcement co-ordinator and head of 2010 operations at the Road Traffic Management Corporation, is how locals and international visitors will get along on the roads.
PUBLICATION: Cape Argus
AUTHOR: Clayton Barnes
DATED: 28th October 2009 |
“I think it will be absolutely fabulous,” said King Harald V of Norway, with regard to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which would be the first time the auspicious sporting event is hosted on the African continent.
“South Africans are renowned for making a good atmosphere in the stadiums, so it will be spectacular,” King Harald V told Engineering News in an interview.
By invitation from South African President Jacob Zuma, the Norwegian royal couple, King Harald V and Queen Sonja of...
PUBLICATION: Engineering News
AUTHOR: Christy van der Merwe
DATED: 26th October 2009 |
One legacy of the 2010 Soccer World Cup will be an excellent road infrastructure system which South Africans can all be proud of, says Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele.
Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele, speaking at the Permanent International Association of Road Congresses International seminar Promoting Road Safety for Vulnerable Road Users, said safer roads in the country were possible through regulation and by design which makes the road environment safer.
PUBLICATION: Times Live
AUTHOR: Lauren Cohen
DATED: 26th October 2009 |
New York: Wilfried Lemke, the UN's special adviser on sport for development and peace, has praised South Africa for its World Cup preparations, saying the country was building the world's best football venues.
"I know many, many stadiums around the world, but the stadiums down in South Africa are the best that I've ever seen... they can be very, very proud," he said.
"The architecture and the massive forms are unbelievable.
PUBLICATION: The Star
AUTHOR: Joe Lauria
DATED: 22nd October 2009 |
Carbon emissions from next year's soccer FIFA World Cup are expected to soar from the 2006 benchmark set by Germany, host nation South Africa said on Monday.
Harmful emissions accelerate global warming and major sports events, including Olympic and World Cup tournaments, have since the early 1990s been designed to minimize the impact on the environment.
"The FIFA 2010 World Cup will have the largest carbon footprint of any major event with a goal to be climate neutral," South Africa's Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica told Reuters in response to emailed questions.
PUBLICATION: Reuters
AUTHOR: Wendell Roelf
DATED: 19th October 2009 |
With 204 days remaining, the organisers are confident of solving problems around travel, safety and ticketing.
Today, it echoes to the sound of a few hundred construction workers putting the finishing touches to a cavernous stadium modelled on an African calabash cooking pot. But in 204 days' time, the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg will house 87,000 fans and buzz to the drone of the vuvuzela horns that will be the backing track of next summer's tournament.
PUBLICATION: The Guardian
AUTHOR: Owen Gibson
DATED: 18th October 2009 |
South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province will use the existing Durban International Airport and the new international airport in La Mercy during the World Cup next year to ensure a smooth operation, South African Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele said on Tuesday.
Both airports will be operational at the same time during the World Cup. The new airport will start operating on May 2 next year and the Durban International Airport will be decommissioned after the soccer tournament, said Ndebele during his visit to the new airport north of Durban, the South African Press Association reported.
PUBLICATION: news.xinhuanet.com
DATED: 14th October 2009 |
Local Organising Committee (LOC) chief officer for transport and logistics Skhumbuzo Macozoma said on Tuesday that South Africa was expecting a significant number of visitors from Africa for next year's FIFA World Cup, several of whom would make the journey by road.
He said that a lot of focus was placed on overseas tourists, but noted that the necessary transport infrastructure and services had to be ready to enable smooth mobility and access for African travellers.
PUBLICATION: Engineering News
AUTHOR: Esmarie Swanepoel
DATED: 13th October 2009 |
With more than 50 homicides a day, and car jackings at gunpoint so frequent that the government has put up signs in some areas to warn drivers, the mean streets of South Africa - particularly those in Johannesburg - pose a formidable challenge to police preparing to secure the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
Cities such as Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth are considered generally safe, but those who wind up in the wrong parts of Johannesburg can find themselves facing armed robbers...
PUBLICATION: www.jpost.com
AUTHOR: YAAKOV LAPPIN
DATED: 11th October 2009 |
The blue riband event that is the football World Cup is visiting the African Continent for the very first time and starts on 11 June 2010.
South Africa have chosen 10 venues that will host group and knockout games in the tournamnet, with stadiums scattered all over the country for football fans to visit.
The draw for the World Cup will take place in Cape Town in early December, with 32 teams competing for a place in the final at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg on 11 July.
PUBLICATION: www.cnn.com
DATED: 9th October 2009 |
Fifa have announced that a major concert will take place in celebration of the kick-off of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The ceremony will take place the evening before the first soccer game on June 10 at the Orlando Stadium, Soweto.
The concert will be a three-hour celebration of sports and music, including major international and local performers and appearances by legendary soccer stars.
The announcement heralded Emmy-award winning producer Kevin Wall and his company Control Room winning the contract as the organisers for the event.
PUBLICATION: Tonight
AUTHOR: Atiyyah Khan
DATED: 8th October 2009 |
Soccer, rugby and mass prayers will be staged at Cape Town's R4-billion 2010 stadium as part of dress rehearsals early next year in final preparation for the World Cup.
Three "dry-run" events are planned, where every conceivable operation at the state-of-the-art venue will be minutely examined and fine-tuned.
The first event, a soccer match, will permit only 20 000 spectators - filling only one of the stadium's seven levels.
PUBLICATION: www.iol.co.za
AUTHOR: Murray Williams
DATED: 6th October 2009 |
Domestic air traffic during the 2010 FIFA World Cup is expected to increase by between 20% and 30%, an official from the Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) said on Tuesday.
Domestic airlines were expected to increase the number of aircraft and the number of flights per plane during the sports event, which takes place in June.
ATNS executive manager for service delivery Boni Dubate said that the increased flights were mostly expected to take place during the evening hours and would be diverted mostly to smaller airports.
PUBLICATION: Engineering News
AUTHOR: Esmarie Swanepoel
DATED: 6th October 2009 |
Fifty experts from FIFA and the Organizing Committee in South Africa have completed an inspection of the stadiums to be used in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
The overall consensus of the experts is that South Africa's preparations for the 2010 FIFA football (soccer) World Cup are well on track. They have been visiting the ten stadiums across the country, some new, some refurbished, and Ron Delmont, the head of FIFA South Africa, says he is pleased.
PUBLICATION: www.voanews.com
AUTHOR: Delia Robertson
DATED: 30th September 2009 |
There's certainly nothing conventional about the Mbombela 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Stadium - dubbed Africa's wildest stadium.
The nickname's not in reference to any noisy, boisterous football fans, as more laid back and easy-going folks than the province of Mpumalanga's locals you would be hard-pressed to find.
Instead it's a homage to one of the things South Africa, and in particular the Mpumalanga province, is world-renowned for - its abundant wildlife - which strongly influences the stadium's design.
PUBLICATION: www.fifa.com
DATED: 29th September 2009 |
A well-calculated strategy to come up with an alternative plan has brought victory to Danny Jordaan's camp as his ally, Kirsten Nematandani, is now the new president of the South African Football Association following a day of high drama during the Safa elections in Kempton Park at the weekend.
It was expected as early as two months ago that there was going to be a lot of manoeuvring during the Safa elections, and it happened exactly like that.
PUBLICATION: Daily Dispatch Online
AUTHOR: MONWABISI JIMLONGO
DATED: 28th September 2009 |
To my amazement and shock, I have discovered that we do not have somebody that can give us an update on the 2010 FIFA World Cup that is on our door step.
I took the above picture in 2007, and the stadium is currently 90% complete with the roof all done and looking perfect and ready to roll and I will post an updated picture soon.
Our national team, called Bafana Bafana, has represented us very well in the Confederations Cup and made us very proud when top teams struggled to beat us.
PUBLICATION: bleacherreport.com
AUTHOR: Laurel Andrews
DATED: 27th September 2009 |
The FIFA president Sepp Blatter says transport remains the biggest problem ahead of next year's football World Cup finals in South Africa.
Blatter was speaking at the launch of World Cup tour, which will see the gold trophy travel 130 thousand kilometres through 86 countries in the leadup to the finals.
He says the location of the venues and moving fans between those venues is a problem.
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PUBLICATION: Radio New Zealand News
DATED: 22nd September 2009 |
With less than a year to go before the 2010 Soccer World Cup, transport needs to be improved to make the tournament a success, Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele said on Monday.
The June Confederations Cup had highlighted limitations in the park-and-ride system, he said in a speech prepared for delivery in Sandton, Johannesburg.
"For 2010, we will therefore employ a combination of the modes of transport, including rail and buses, which are principally mass movers.
PUBLICATION: Mail & Guardian Online
AUTHOR: Sapa
DATED: 17th September 2009 |
South Africa faces a funding shortfall of 2.
3 billion rand (188 million pounds) for six new stadiums built for next year's Soccer World Cup, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Thursday.
South Africa, in its first recession in 17 years, is the first African continent to host the world's most watched sports spectacle, starting next June.
"National Treasury has informed me of the projected shortfalls for the 2010 FIFA World Cup stadiums.
PUBLICATION: The New York Times
AUTHOR: REUTERS - Wendell Roelf
DATED: 17th September 2009 |
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