PROJECT 2010 - PREPARING SOUTH AFRICA FOR THE WORLD

Project 2010 - A Twenty Ten Media and Marketing Initiative

PREPARING SOUTH AFRICA FOR THE WORLD

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A votes of confidence

Gauteng Premier Paul Mashatile has expressed his confidence that the first phase of the project – the OR Tambo to Sandton route - will be completed ahead of the 2010 World Cup.

Solid gold!

FIFA President Sepp Blatter, the organisations Secretary General Jerome Valcke and FIFA Ambassador Tokyo Sexwale on Tuesday gave Nelson Mandela a very special gift.

Zuma meets Blatter

FIFA President Sepp Blatter on Wednesday visited African National Congress President Jacob Zuma to discuss the ongoing preparations for the 2010 World Cup.

New 2010 warning

A billboard campaign has been launched calling on President Thabo Mbeki to resolve the crisis in Zimbabwe or risk SA losing the rights to host the 2010 World Cup.

Subsidy on the cards

Transport Minister Jeff Radebe says is government is looking at implementing a subsidy for taxi operators ahead of the 2010 World Cup.

Off the hook

Port Elizabeth mayor Nondumiso Maphazi has promised not to disappoint FIFA, South Africans or the world. This after the announcement that the citys stadium has not been dropped from the 2009 Confederations Cup.

Zuma urges Durban to meet challenges

ANC President Jacob Zuma says the KwaZulu-Natal government will invest R1.8 billion in developing scarce skills in the construction industry ahead of the 2010 World Cup.

Prophetic words?

French Minister of Sport Bernard Laporte who visited the Greenpoint World Cup stadium in Cape Town says he is highly impressed with the construction project and the country’s preparations in general.

The French connection

2010 trafficking concerns raised

Concerns over human trafficking increasing in the build-up to the World Cup were raised at the UN-sponsored Global Initiative to Counter Human Trafficking which was held in Cape Town.