February 19, 2009 at 11:05 am
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| KZN 2010 PROJECTS ‘ARE WELL ON TRACK’ |
 KwaZulu-Natal will meet all deadlines and obligations for the much-awaited Soccer World Cup, the provincial government said on Thursday. Addressing editors on the province’s readiness for the soccer tournament, Premier Sbu Ndebele said the 2010 projects were well on track.
IOL, SAPA, 12th February 2009 – Read more |
| MANUEL: MORE CASH FOR 2010 STADIUMS |
 Trevor Manuel, the finance minister, said the 2010 Soccer World Cup will be one of the sources of output growth improvement next year. Presenting his Budget in Parliament, Manuel said he expects output growth to improve then, supported by public infrastructure spending, lower interest rates and a recovery in the world economy as well as the World Cup.
The Times, Michael Hamlyn, 11th February 2009 – Read more |
| BUS MANUFACTURERS RUN OUT OF TIME FOR 2010 |
 THE delay in awarding bus contracts to meet demand for the 2010 Soccer World Cup is causing concern for local bus manufacturers, who warn that the longer they have to wait, the more strain it will put on delivery and that necessary job training will suffer.
Business Times, Don Robertson, 9th February 2009 – Read more |
| IT’S ALL GOING TO HAPPEN IN ‘FAN PARKS’ |
 More South African soccer fans are likely to watch the 2010 World Cup matches in so-called fan parks than in the 10 designated stadiums. “The fan parks may constitute a ‘bigger’ World Cup than in the stadiums,” SA Local Organising Committee CEO Danny Jordaan told MPs on Thursday.
IOL, SAPA, 5th February 2009 – Read more |
| FIFA 2010 TICKETS ON SALE IN JUST THREE WEEKS |
 Tickets for the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup go on sale on the Internet in just under three weeks at a prominent South African bank. With Monday having marked 500 days to the World Cup kick-off on June 11, 2010 — today there are 495 days to go — tickets for the event go on sale in 20 days’ time, on February 19.
Witness, Marc Strydom, 30th January 2009 – Read more |
| SOUTH AFRICANS FEAR CRIME COULD MAR WORLD CUP |
 A survey by football’s governing body FIFA has found that more than half of South African people are worried about the country’s high crime rate impacting the 2010 World Cup.South Africans are happy to have the World Cup, but worried about crime during the event.
CNN, Mike Steere, 29th January 2009 – Read more |
| 10 REASONS TO BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WORLD CUP 2010 IN SOUTH AFRICA |
 It’s no big secret that we’re all a bit worried about World Cup 2010 in South Africa right now. And though those concerns are very much legitimate, I think it’s time someone offered a few rays of light to counterbalance all the World Cup 2010 doom and gloom.
www.worldcupblog.org, Daryl, 29th January 2009 – Read more |
| FIFA SHIFTS FOCUS TO ATTRACTING TOURISTS AS 2010 STADIUMS NEAR… |
 With only 500 days remaining until the opening ceremony of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the governing body would focus its attention on the infrastructure and arrangements surrounding the 2009 Confederations Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. FIFA secretary-general Jérôme Valcke said during a press conference in Johannesburg that the organisation was satisfied with the…
Engineering News, Chanel Pringle, 26th January 2009 – Read more |
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