Johannesburg – World Cup celebrations got off to a sizzling start in South Africa ahead of today’s kick-off as thousands rocked the Orlando Stadium in Soweto last night. The event, widely seen as a uniting force, for a nation rocked with decades of racial divisions, was broadcast to millions of people across the world. A [...]
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Orlando Stadium FIFA concert wows world on eve of kick-off
Fans to be mesmerised by Brazilian Samba
Johannesburg – It’s hours before the kick-off of the biggest sporting event ever, the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and already Gauteng is getting the party started. Remembering the spirit and feeling of national pride and excitement of our locals when FIFA announced South Africa as the host of the 2010 games; South Africans can relate [...]
Catch the Rea Vaya to games
Johannesburg – A special World Cup service is set to be laid on by Rea Vaya, Joburg’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, on match days to get football fans to the stadium as quickly and efficiently as possible. “The most watched sporting event on the globe kicks off in our country in a few days [...]
Blatter to open broadcast centre
Johannesburg – FIFA President Sepp Blatter will this morning officially open the R978-million International Broadcasting Centre (IBC) situated near the Johannesburg Soccer City Stadium. The world class facility is expected to house more than 500 broadcasters who will transmit World Cup images to billions of viewers in over 214 countries across the world. The South [...]
OR Tambo Beefs up Team Security
Johannesburg – A separate terminal has been set up at OR Tambo International Airport for the 31 soccer teams that will be arriving in South Africa for the FIFA World Cup, Airports Company South Africa said on Tuesday. It said the move aimed at both assuring the security of the teams while at the same [...]
Airports Ready to Transport Soccer Fans
Johannesburg – Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has assured traveling soccer fans that there was no need to worry about a shortage of fuel during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. “ACSA is confident that the operational plans in place will ensure that no aviation fuel shortages are experienced during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. “As [...]
FIFA World Cup Soccer City Stadium Ready
Johannesburg – Soccer City stadium, the venue for the opening and closing games of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, was declared ready by the sport’s international governing body on Saturday. FIFA Secretary-General Jerome Valcke said during a media tour of the facility – the start of a whirlwind tour of the country’s World Cup stadiums [...]
Give 2010 Guests Warm Welcome – Mokonyane
Pretoria – Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane has called on the province’s people to work together with the government in ensuring that guests arriving for the 2010 FIFA World Cup spectacle have a pleasant stay. Tabling her State of the Province Address on Monday to officially mark the opening of the Gauteng legislature, Mokonyane said the [...]
Important Routes to be Completed on Time
Pretoria – The Albertina Sisulu Freeway, formerly known as the R21/R24 – the highway that links Joburg to all other Gauteng municipalities – will be completed by the end of April, to the relief of many motorists. Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane said at the opening of the Gauteng Legislature that the beautification of the crucial [...]
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