| CFO in a stable condition – 29/07/2010 |
LOC chief financial officer Farouk Seedat was shot in the abdomen and a thigh by one of the two men who broke into his Gallo Manor, Sandton, house two days ago. The Star notes that he is in a stable condition in hospital. According to Sandton police spokesperson Kym Cloete, the men tried to force Seedat into the house, but his wife pushed the panic button. Two shots were fired before the men fled. They didn’t manage to steal anything. Cloete said they were still investigating how the men had managed to get into the complex.
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Full report in The Star
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| Jordaan for president – 26/07/2010for |
Danny Jordaan will contest Issa Hayatou for the presidency of the Confederation of African Football, notes a Sport24 report. According to the South African Football Association, Jordaan’s name will be put forward ahead of the 2011 CAF general elections. SAFA vice-president Mwelo Nonkonyana says his organisation have lofty ideals about improving soccer in Africa and feel that Jordaan is the right man to oversee their vision.
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| Jordaan joins FIFA inspection team - 21/07/2010 |
2010 Local Organising Committee (LOC) head Danny Jordaan has joined the Fifa World Cup inspection team. He accepted a commission from Fifa to join its inspection team to run the rule over prospective 2018 and 2022 World Cup venues in Australia, Japan, Russia, England, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Holland and the United States. He leaves for Australia on Saturday and will be in and out of the country during the next couple of months while on Fifa business, he said in a telephone interview.
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Full Mail & Guardian Online report
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| Jordaan, Khoza ’make peace’ - 26/06/2010 |
2010 Local Organising Committee (LOC) chairperson Irvin Khoza and CEO Danny Jordaan appear to have kissed and made up in the wake of an article which appeared in the Mail&Guardian on Friday. The two were quite reconciliatory in their responses to City Press. Jordaan said he did not want to comment on the article because he was dealing with the newspaper concerned. ’All I can say is that I have worked with Khoza and Molefi Oliphant (the former Safa president) for the past 16 years and I am very happy with what we have achieved.’
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Full City Press report
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| LOC to pay over drivers bungle – 25/06/2010 |
The LOC will pay thousands of rand to a group of drivers it had contracted to transport one of the teams for a job they did not do. The Sowetan reports that one of those contracted was Moshiashi Motumo of Honeydew, Johannesburg, who was assigned to work with the New Zealand team. Motumo and four other drivers were supposed to start work on June 6, ferrying members of the team to stadiums, training sessions and hotels. Their contract stipulates that they would start work ’effective from June 6 ... until the team you are allocated to is knocked out of the soccer spectacular’.
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| Jordaan’s brother cashes in on 2010 – 25/06/2010 |
World Cup chief organiser Danny Jordaan is not the only member of his family to benefit from the tournament. The Mail & Guardian has established that a company belonging to Jordaan’s younger brother, Andrew, was appointed by Match Event Services, the tournament’s exclusive provider of hospitality packages, to act as its liaison in Port Elizabeth for R200 000 a month. Jordaan denied being involved in his brother’s appointment, saying that any such suggestion would be malicious.
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Full Mail & Guardian report
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| Security firm considering suing LOC - 23/06/2010 |
Stallion Security has confirmed it is considering suing the World Cup Local Organising Committee for a breach of contract that led to thousands of stadium guards losing their jobs, says a report in The Mercury. The company’s Richard Ringrose, who was in charge of its World Cup contract to supply ’stewards’ to four World Cup stadiums, said Stallion had been paid in full by the committee for the services provided so far. According to press reports the contract until the end of the World Cup would have been worth R60m.
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Full report in The Mercury
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| Thank you Bafana, says Jordaan – 21/06/2010Thank |
Danny Jordaan thanked Bafana Bafana for their contribution in creating an ’amazing spirit’ around the 2010 World Cup, during a visit with the national team in a Johannesburg hotel. ’I must thank you for what is happening in this country right now,’ he told the team. ’I know you might not have seen all of it, but the spirit in this country is amazing … You must feel very proud about being a part of that.’ The Witness reports that Jordaan also said that the team should focus on the future.
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Full report in The Witness
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| LOC to referee stadium dispute – 14/06/2010stadium |
World Cup organisers are meeting with stadium stewards and a security contractor to resolve a pay dispute that saw police use tear gas and fire rubber bullets at striking workers after the Germany-Australia match in Durban. Sport24 reports that World Cup organisers are meeting with stadium stewards and a security contractor to resolve a pay dispute that saw police use tear gas and fire rubber bullets at striking workers after the Germany-Australia match in Durban.
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| LOC committed to hosting a green WC – 14/06/2010 |
The LOC committed itself to adhering to sustainable development during the planning and hosting of the 2010 World Cup, a commitment which is binding on the host cities and FIFA through the Host City Agreement, signed by all parties. The Cape Argus reports that in light of LOC’s commitment to safeguarding the environment and to reducing its carbon footprint, it launched its Green Goal 2010 initiative last year, with the joint aims of reducing the environmental impact of the World Cup, and using the event as a platform from which to promote and educate South Africans on environmental issues.
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Full Cape Argus report
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| Chickens come home to roost - 13/06/2010 |
Why did the chicken enter the stadium? The World Cup’s organising committee doesn’t know, and doesn’t like it. Roosters were seemingly allowed into Cape Town Stadium during the match between France and Uruguay. The Gallic rooster is a French national symbol. In the Beeld newspaper, a French supporter is shown in a photograph kissing his rooster in the stadium. ’No animals are allowed into stadiums,’ spokesperson Rich Mkhondo replied to questions by Sapa.
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Full report on the sport4 site
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| Danny’s dream fulfilled - 12/06/2010 |
South Africa could not have asked for more in the opening game of the World Cup, 2010 Local Organising Committee CEO Danny Jordaan said. ’We could not have asked for more, a capacity stadium, a host nation with a will to win, an incredible atmosphere and spectacular football,’ he said.
’It is just fantastic that the first goal of Africa’s first World Cup went to South Africa. We really couldn’t have written a better script,’ he said.
Jordaan said the match set the tone for the rest of the tournament.
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Full report in The Witness
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| LOC gets $80m FIFA - 10/06/2010 |
FIFA has given local organisers of the 2010 World Cup a profit guarantee of $80m no matter how the tournament does financially, sources say. Speaking on the sidelines of the 60th FIFA congress, the sources said the decision on the guarantee had been made at a meeting of the FIFA executive committee at the beginning of the week in the South African city. FIFA executive committee members include former German football star Franz Beckenbauer, now a vice-president of the German Football Association (DFB). FIFA expects the 2010 World Cup to generate a profit reaching at least the three-figure million mark. In its annual financial report, published in March, FIFA said it had made a profit of $196m in 2009 and amassed $1.061bn in reserves.
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Full report on the Sport24 site
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| ’It is going to be an incredible day’ – Jordaan – 10/06/2010 |
Cup organiser Danny Jordaan used words like ’duck’, ’post office’, ’prison’ and ’snakes’ to describe his emotions a day before Africa hosts the world’s biggest soccer event, notes a Sport24 report. The CEO of the LOC said the excitement reminded him of the day before anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was released from prison; or the day before South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994. ’Tomorrow (Friday) is going to be an incredible day,’ said Jordaan.
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| I want a ’smaller’ job, jokes Jordaan – 10/06/2010 |
World Cup chief organiser Danny Jordaan, speaking a day before the start of the biggest single sports event on earth, says he wants a ’smaller job’. The CEO of the local organising committee likened the run-up to the 2010 World Cup to the struggle against apartheid, joking that his next career move might be to the Post Office, notes a report on the IoL site. Jordaan said the excitement reminded him of the day before anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was released from prison; or the day before South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994.
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Full report on the IoL site
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| LOC to release the tender docs – 08/06/2010LOC |
The South Gauteng Court ruled to lift the veil of secrecy over the 2010 World Cup tendering process. The New Times notes that this came after the Mail and Guardian had made an application for such to the court asking it to force the LOC to release the documents to it. Acting judge Les Morrison ruled that the LOC must turn over such documents to the newspaper within 30 days. The LOC had sought to defend the claim on the grounds that it was not a public entity and as such did not have to comply with public procurement legislation.
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| Fans urged to use park and ride – 08/06/2010 |
The LOC urged soccer fans who will watch the 2010 World Cup to use park-and-ride facilities. The Sowetan reports that the warning comes after many people used their cars to travel to Bafana Bafana’s last four international friendlies. Hundreds of people opted to use their cars to get to the games against Bulgaria, Colombia, Guatemala and Denmark.
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Full report in The Sowetan
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| Calls for condoms inside stadia - 03/06/2010condoms |
Aids organisations criticised FIFA and the LOC for ’blocking’ attempts to make condoms and HIV-related information available at World Cup stadiums and fan parks, notes a report on the IoL site. ’To date FIFA has not permitted any civil society organisation to distribute HIV or health-related information and FIFA has not provided any written confirmation that condoms may be distributed at stadiums and within the fan festivals,’ they said in a statement. They had requested an urgent meeting with the soccer body and the LOC, but were turned down.
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| National anthems must be respected – 28/05/2010 |
LOC boss Danny Jordaan has appealed to soccer fans to remain silent during the singing of national anthems at match venues during the 2010 World Cup. Jordaan was addressing reporters during a final pre-tournament stadium visit at Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg where he also unveiled a commemorative plaque. ’When we sing the national anthem, it must have the ambience and respect it deserves. We can’t disrespect such an important part of a game by having unmitigated noise, so we ask people to please listen,’ he said. The LOC boss also urged fans to arrive at stadiums two hours before kick-off.
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Full All Africa report
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| Stadium noise affects safety - 27/05/2010 |
LOC CEO Danny Jordaan warned that noise levels at stadiums could affect the safety of spectators, notes a Sport24 report. ’You must look at the circumstances in the stadiums,’ Jordaan told the media at Ellis Park stadium. ’If there is an evacuation order will everyone hear that order?’ Jordaan also said that too much noise could affect security’s ability to communicate with each other.
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| M&G takes on LOC in court – 24/05/2010 |
The Mail & Guardian have taken an application in the South Gauteng High Court against the LOC of the 2010 World Cup and its CE, Danny Jordaan, over their refusal to release any tender documents relating to the tournament. Jordaan and the LOC have refused to disclose any information regarding the tenders awarded to provide a range of services during the 2010 World Cup and the 2009 Confederation Cup. This includes the name of companies to which these contracts were given and the value of the tenders.
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Full Mail and Guardian report
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| Security concerns over PE stadium – 21/05/2010 |
With just 20 days to kick-off, security arrangements for the Nelson Mandela Bay World Cup stadium have been thrown into disarray, notes a Daily Dispatch report. According to highly placed sources, the LOC is preparing to oust the stadium’s nominated security provider, with police bracing for the possibility of taking over all security for the event.
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Full Daily Dispatch report
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| LOC to promote WC in Tanzania – 17/05/2010 |
The LOC will visit Dar es Salaam to promote the event which is set to kick off next month. South African High Commission to Tanzania First Secretary (political) Nokwazi Mtshali said that the team would make a day-long visit on May 21. She said the committee would meet Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) officials, Minister for Information, Culture and Sports and South African High Commissioner to Tanzania before doing promotional activities in the city. Nokwazi said the team would meet about 500 pupils from Dar es Salaam Primary schools at Shaaban Robert School to market the World Cup to them.
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Full IPP Media report
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| SA is ready, but is Danny Jordaan? – 13/05/2010 |
Was his slip a Freudian revelation that he wishes the start of the World Cup could be delayed by two weeks? Sports24 reports that the slip came on during a media conference following his early-morning meeting in Cape Town with the SA Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union . Replying to a question about the sale of counterfeit memorabilia such as shirts, Jordaan said there was still time to act against illegal products. ’The fact is that the World Cup has not started,’ he said. ’It’s starting on the first of July.’
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Full Sports24 report
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| SA ’hasn’t sold out to FIFA’- Jordaan – 12/05/2010 |
LOC CE Danny Jordaan denied that South Africa had ’sold out’ for the sake of the 2010 World Cup, notes a report in The Herald. ’The fact of the matter is that more countries are making bids, if you make a bid, you accept the terms and conditions of the event,’ Jordaan said. ’The World Cup did not change the commercial environment of this country.’ Jordaan was responding to a British journalist, who had asked whether the country had ’sold out’ and was marginalising people like hawkers.
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Full report in The Herald
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| WC seats for youngsters - 11/05/2010 |
For a group of youngsters, the international flavour of the 2010 World Cup came to South Africa a few weeks early as they took to the field for the 2010 National Schools Football Final, with each team ’adopting’ a 2010 World Cup participating nation, notes a SA.info report. The tournament, which took place at Marks Park Sports Club in Johannesburg on the weekend, forms part of the My 2010 School Adventure campaign. What the children did not know was that, as a reward for going so far in the campaign, 5 000 World Cup tickets were made available to the young players through the 2010 World Cup Ticket Fund.
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Full SA.info report
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| Teen sues LOC for R20m - 11/05/2010 |
The teenager who accused the LOC of stealing his idea and approaching a third party to manufacture it commercially is now suing the committee for R20-million. Papers filed at the Johannesburg High Court state the money is the equivalent of damages that Anza Tshabuse suffered. It was the projected income that he anticipated generating through the local World Cup body using his Brand Band at the World Cup Draw in December 4 last year.
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