| Premier Ndebele positions his city for 2010 - 15/06/2006 |
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sbu Ndebele has launched a multi-faceted strategy to ready the province for the 2010 WC. According to an allAfrica.com report, "he aims to do this by lifting up provincial football teams and identifying and developing local talent."
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Full allAfrica.com report
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| Another WC coming to Cape Town - 08/06/2006 |
While controversy continues over the multi-billion rand upgrade of Cape Towns Greenpoint Stadium prior to 2010, another soccer WC is coming to the city that will be held at the citys most historic square, the Grand Parade, which is about to go through a major revitalisation process. According to a report on the News24 site, "the Homeless WC, a world-class street soccer event will blaze the trail for the 2010 WC, unites socially marginalised people from around the world. Forty eight teams will battle it out on the Grand Parade."
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Full report on the News24 site
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| Football, dreams and development - 09/06/2006 |
It is the Cup of Dreams - and the Cup of Paradox. As hundreds of millions of people tune in for the opening of the football WC on the immaculate fields of Germany, there will be the temptation, if only for a moment, to forget the other reality: that 99% of football is played at amateur level, most of it in dingy surroundings, in donga streets and uneven fields, in parts of the world whose names won’t be heard on the streets of Berlin, Munich, Leipzig and Stuttgart. In a Mail & Guardian column, Lungile Madywabe writes that "in SA, while researchers havent yet caught on to the trend, anecdotal evidence suggests that a great many parents regard football as a fallback should their children be unsuccessful in academic pursuits. A growing number of young women spend their Saturday mornings taking their children to one of the many sporadic development centres around the country in the hope that they will be spotted by one of the big clubs. What has happened to shopping, you might ask?"
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Read the full Mail & Guardian column
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| Joburg allocated R221m budget for 2010 preparations - 07/06/2006 |
Johannesburg and the Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation has been allocated a budget of over R221m. ANDnetwork.com reports that "with the kick-off of the 2006 World Cup, SA is beginning with preparations for 2010."
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Full ANDnetwork.com report
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| Good governance needed for sporting success - 31/05/2006 |
Good governance was needed for sporting success, Sport and Recreation Minister Makhenkesi Stofile said. The Star reports that "Stofile said the government - in collaboration with the University of Johannesburg, the SA Football Association and SuperSport - launched a senior management training course two weeks ago. Other government programmes aimed at human resource development have seen the training of 1 293 entry-level coaches, 655 referees, and 450 event managers and first aid practitioners."
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Full report in The Star
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| Swaziland formulates 2010 programme - 31/05/2006 |
King Mswati III has appointed a team of four ministers to formulate a programme that will look into the projects to benefit the country’s tourism and business sector in the 2010 WC projects. The Swazi Observer reports that "in an interview conducted after the Opening Ceremony of this year’s Inter-Twinning Municipal Games held in Nelspruit, Minister of Housing and Urban Development Mabili Dlamini said the King had expressed his desire to see the country benefit in this event."
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| Conference geared towards 2010 roleplayers - 29/05/2006 |
A conference is underway to ensure that municipalities are able to contribute to the successful hosting of the 2010 WC. According to a report on the News24 site, "the conference has also given other role-players, especially business, a chance to seize opportunities during preparations for the tournament and beyond, for which government will be spending over R400bn."
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Full report on the News24 site
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| SA to stage mini World Cup for youth - 27/05/2006 |
Although there are four years to go for SA to host the Fifa WC tournament, a mini version of the worlds most exciting football event will take place in the country this weekend. People.com reports that "all 32 national squads will be played by primary school pupils in Johannesburg."
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Full People.com report
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| New soccer training complex for Cape Verde - 04/05/2006 |
Fifa president Sepp Blatter has opened a new football training complex in Cape Verde and expressed that he believes the archipelago will qualify for the 2010 WC in SA. Xinhuanet reports that "speaking after inaugurating the 800 000 euros training center for the Cape Verde Football Federation (FCF), Blatter admitted he was a fan of the national soccer team and that he thought it would reach the final stages of Fifas first world soccer showpiece in Africa."
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Full Xinhuanet report
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| Botswana to benefit from 2010 - 03/05/2006 |
With only three and a half years left before the 2010 WC is held in neighbouring SA, the committee tasked to ensure that Botswana also benefits from the games is still to come up with a report. ANDnetwork.com reports that "the Permanesnt Secretary in the labour and home affairs ministry, Bruce Palai, said he was optimistic that one of the competing countries would establish their base in the country to get acclimatised before the start of the games in SA."
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Full ANDnetwork.com report
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| Blatter implements programme aimed at supporting African football - 03/05/2006 |
Fifa president, Joseph Sepp Blatter has announced in Dakar the implementation of an ambitious programme for the next four years aimed at supporting African football. Jadran Sport reports that "Blatter declared that all the living forces will be present to support the African football. He congratulated the decision to hold the 2010 World Cup in SA."
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| SA youth have the potential to wear green and gold in 2010 - 25/04/2006 |
While some of the fat cats on the Bafana Bafana gravy train heading for the 2010 WC are snoozing, there are thousands of football lovers in the Western Cape who take the sport more seriously. According to a report on the News24 site, "amid the doom and gloom surrounding the national side, a fair share of these local diehards strongly believe that today’s youth have the potential to wear the green and gold in 2010."
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Full report on the News24 site
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| Cape Town investors to launch proudly Mitchells Plain initiative - 25/04/2006 |
While most of Cape Town’s investors concentrate on the 2010 WC tourism boom, two Mitchell’s Plain entrepreneurs are determined to get Mitchell’s Plain on the international tourism map with a funky new programme – Destination Mitchell’s Plain. According to a report on the News24 site, "Ernest Sonnenberg and Cyril Williams, the programme’s executives, plan to draw tourists to the area through a proudly Mitchell’s Plain initiative with all the ingredients of a Cape coloured feast."
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Full report on the News24 site
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| Government unveils plan to save Bafana Bafana - 08/03/2006 |
The government has unveiled a plan to get Bafana Bafana back on track before the 2010 WC in SA. Take 45 young football players and accommodate them at a cost of R90 000 each a year in a camp for the next four years. According to a report on the News24 site, "the government hopes to change Bafana Bafana into a winning team at a total cost of more than R60m. Parliament is excited about Camp Bafana Bafana, which officially will be known as Project Bafana Bafana, but the SA Football Association, Safa, has not yet commented."
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Full report on the News24 site
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| New credit card for football enthusiasts - 06/03/2006 |
Brazilian football legend Pele is in SA to launch a new credit card for football enthusiasts wanting to make a meaningful contribution to the future of football development in this country. According to a report on the News24 site, "Pele was on a two-day visit as a guest of Standard Bank and MasterCard International, an official sponsor of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Pele, a MasterCard spokesperson, was in SA to launch the FIFA World Cup Card issued by Standard Bank. This is SAs first affinity credit card targeted at customers who are passionate about the development of SA football at grassroots level."
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