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2010 FIFA WORLD CUP ™ UPDATE MAGAZINE OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2009 ZINEDINE ZIDANE INTERVIEW “IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AFRICA TO SHOW THE REST OF THE WORLD WHAT IT IS CAPABLE OF DOING” AARON MOKOENA “WE AS A TEAM AND AS A COUNTRY NEED TO JOIN HANDS TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL” Ke NaKo. Celebrate africa’s Humanity. ™ • THE WOMEN BEHIND THE OC • A DAY AS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER • AFRICA’S FORGOTTEN HERO • FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUp REvIEW PLUS ALMOST READY... • Stadium final toucheS • airportS Gear up for the maSSeS • lateSt on teamS who haVe qualified
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2010 FIFA WORLD CUP™
UPDATE MAGAZINEOCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2009
ZINEDINE ZIDANE INTERVIEW“it’s an opportunity for africa to show the rest of the world what it is capable of doing”
AARON MOKOENA“we as a team and as a country need to join hands to achieve our goal”
Ke NaKo.Celebrate africa’s Humanity.™
• THE WOMEN BEHIND THE OC • A DAY AS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER • AFRICA’S FORGOTTEN HERO • FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUp REvIEWPLUS
ALMOST READY...•StadiumfinaltoucheS•airportSGearupforthemaSSeS•lateStonteamSwhohaVequalified
FOREWORD
Dear friends,
After the hosting of a successful FIFA Confederations Cup
2009, the time has come for us to take the lessons we
have learnt, apply them, and look ahead to the goals that
still have to be met in order to make the 2010 FIFA World
Cup™ in South Africa an unprecedented success.
The Confederations Cup gave us valuable insight into
our preparations, and we believe that we all have a very
clear understanding of what needs to be achieved in the
remaining months – from transport and security to
marketing and communications.
The FIFA World Cup will be delivered on a far bigger
scale than was the case for the FIFA Confederations Cup
and we can assure you our preparations are progressing
at pace.
On 4 December 2009 the eyes of the world will turn to
South Africa and more specifically on Cape Town, when
we host the Final Draw of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
There, the 32 teams will be drawn into their respective
groups for the first round of the tournament.
We also continue to work to ensure that the FIFA World
Cup gives back to the people.
The Ticket Fund initiative has been launched and
120 000 tickets will go to the construction workers and to
South Africans, especially the youth, who will need to
participate in ticket fund programmes run by FIFA
partners in order to qualify.
Already those stadiums which were not used during the
FIFA Confederations Cup are all over 80% complete.
Construction on the precincts surrounding these
stadiums is either in the most advanced of planning stages
or already under construction.
Applications for the volunteer programme for next
year’s FIFA World Cup closed at the end of August. We
had an overwhelming response – some 67 999 people
from 170 countries applied to be part of the
15 000-member team that will be instrumental in the
tournament’s success. This is evidence of the excitement in
the country and abroad about this tournament.
Our experiences over the last five years have taught
us that with hard work and perseverance we can prove
our detractors wrong, and come 11 June 2010 we will
do exactly that when the beautiful game finally comes
to Africa.
Dr Irvin Khoza
Chairman, 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising
Committee South Africa
Dr Danny Jordaan
CEO, 2010 FIFA World Cup
Organising Committee South Africa
Dr Irvin Khoza Dr Danny Jordaan
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO
CONTENTS
IN THIS EDITION...1 Foreword from Dr Irvin Khoza and Dr Danny
Jordaan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa.
4 News in Brief: Updates on recent activity within the Organising Committee, South African Government and FIFA.
8 FIFA Confederations Cup review: relive the ‘Festival of Champions’ courtesy of our photo-based recap of the highs and highs of the tournament won by Brazil.
12 Nomfanelo Magwentshu profile: The Chief Operations Officer of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa talks about her role.
16 Women of 2010 profile: Meet the women playing a big role behind the scenes of the organising of Africa’s first FIFA World Cup™.
19 Volunteer programme update: The applications are in and now the process of whittling down the massive
response to the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ volunteer programme begins.
20 Construction workers profile: The men and women whose job it is to get the stadiums ready for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ are the quiet heroes. This is their story.
24 With the launch of the ticket fund initiative, the aim of uplifting South Africans on the back of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ continues apace.
26 Youth programme update: South Africa’s youth, with the help of some 2010 FIFA World Cup™ sponsors, will be an important part of the success of the tournament.
30 Transport update: South Africa’s airports remain on track to be ready for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ influx.
34 The prospect of witnessing the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in their homeland has seen quite a few South Africa stars returning home to play their part.
36 Ndaye Mulamba: A refugee living in South Africa fights to reclaim his dignity and status as one of Africa’s best-ever players.
38 Two former FIFA World Cup™ winning players, Dunga and Diego Maradona, stand the chance of doing the same as coaches in 2010. Ke Nako profiles them and looks at others attempting the player to coach ‘double’.
40 Asia Zone preliminaries: Nations fom the Far East were the first to seal their places at the first FIFA World Cup™ to be held in Africa. This is how they did it.
44 Rest of the world preliminaries update: By the end of September, six nations with varying degrees of previous FIFA World Cup™ success have also confirmed their places at South Africa 2010.
46 Soccer City stadium: in-depth look at the venue for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ opening ceremony and final.
48 Gren Point stadium: in-depth look at Cape Town’s 2010 FIFA World Cup™ match venue.
50 Durban stadium: in-depth look at Durban’s 2010 FIFA World Cup™ match venue.
52 Peter Mokaba stadium: in-depth look at Polokwane’s 2010 FIFA World Cup™ match venue.
54 Mbombela stadium: in-depth look at Nelspruit’s 2010 FIFA World Cup™ match venue.
56 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium: in-depth look at Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth’s 2010 FIFA World Cup™ match venue.
58 Mozambique and Namibia, are looking to extend African welcomes to 2010 FIFA World Cup™ travellers keen to venture beyond the border of their neighbour, South Africa.
62 Two South African football stalwarts, Desiree Ellis and Ismail ‘Miley’ Ajam, tell us what their respective home-towns Cape Town and Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth can offer as 2010 FIFA World Cup host cities.
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Organising Committee South Africa (OC) Communications
Department and On Target, a division of Touchline Media.
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NEWSIn Brief
“When we played in this stadium in
the seventies and eighties, we never
could have dreamt that one day it
would be part of a World Cup,” said
Isaac ‘Ox’ Mahlangu at an event held
at Orlando Stadium in Soweto in
September to reflect on the legacy of
hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup™.
Orlando Stadium, often regarded
as the spiritual home of South
African football, will be one of
the support venues at next year’s
tournament, and has been massively
revamped ahead of the event –
seating capacity has been increased
from 24 000 to 40 000 and the new
facility boasts 120 hospitality suites,
conference facilities, a gymnasium,
fan shop and offices.
Mahlangu, a South African
football legend who played for
Johannesburg-based club Moroka
Swallows, said that the stadium was
a living testimony to the legacy of
the FIFA World Cup.
Apart from the renovating, up-
grading or building of the ten match
venues for the 2010 tournament;
training facilities for the 32 teams
also have to be identified and
upgraded and each host city needs
to have a further one or two training
venues available for the teams
playing in that city to train in.
The 32 teams participating in the
2010 FIFA World Cup will each have
a team base camp – this is a hotel
coupled with a training facility to
serve as a base for the teams during
their stay in the tournament. From
there they will then fly into the host
city the day before a match and fly
back out on match day or the day
after – depending on how far their
base camp is from the match venue.
All of the training sites need to
meet FIFA requirements and the
needs of the teams.
These upgraded training facilities
will further benefit South African
football and South African com-
munities in general who can also
use them for other sports and public
gatherings.
“At last stadiums are being built
and upgraded close to where the
football fans live. This is ensuring
that teams are reconnected with the
communities that support them,”
said OC CEO Dr Danny Jordaan.
BIG THUMBS UP FOR SOUTH AFRICA
The FIFA Confederations Cup is seen by some as the ultimate test of the host country’s aptitude to stage the FIFA World Cup™ the following year. By this measure then, South Africa has been given a big thumbs-up by its own citizens according to the latest market research.
Not only are South Africans confident about their country being prepared to host the world’s most-watched sports event, but 89% are also convinced it will be a resounding success. What is more, the findings suggest that respon-dents are keenly aware of the benefits the FIFA World Cup can have on some of South Africa’s key public sectors – such as boosting the economy and job creation (90%), improving public infrastructure (91%) and strengthening the tourism industry (97%).
These higher scores can in part be attributed to an increased awareness of the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup following the widespread coverage in the media of the FIFA Confederations Cup, where the South African national team defied expectations to reach the semi-finals. The scores reflect a higher sensitivity to all aspects of hosting the FIFA World Cup and an anxious enthusiasm to put on a good show for the watching world.
The first phase of the Rea Vaya Bus
Rapid Transport System (BRT) was
implemented in Johannesburg on 31
August. The public transport system
will see 143 BRT buses on the road by
the time the FIFA World Cup™ kicks
off next year.
Rea Vaya BRT will transport
spectators comfortably and quickly
around Johannesburg using specific
designated routes, enclosed bus
stations along the routes and a high
tech control centre to ensure your
Rea Vaya experience is a world
class one.
Buses will run in exclusive,
dedicated lanes in the centre of exist-
ing roads. Smaller feeder buses will
bring people from the outer areas to
the stations on ‘trunk’ routes.
This will extend Rea Vaya’s network
to areas far beyond the main trunk
routes. Buses will be either 75 or
112 capacity vehicles, depending on
passenger volumes and will operate
from about 150 stations, positioned
half a kilometre apart.
They will run every three minutes
in peak times and every 10 minutes in
off-peak times and it will be possible
to catch a bus from 5am to midnight.
BUS RAPID TRANSPORT SYSTEM LAUNCHED
JORDAAN TAKES FIFA WORLD CUP™ MESSAGE TO LATIN AMERICA As teams from around the world battle it out for one of
the 32 spaces in the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, Dr Danny
Jordaan had some words of encouragement for
El Salvador on his visit in August.
“If you can beat Mexico why can you not get into the
World Cup?” asked Jordaan referring to their recent
victory against the giants of Central American football.
Although the El Salvador team still have an uphill battle
to qualify for the tournament, the words of Jordaan, who
was welcomed as a hero of football in the country, will
certainly provide them with some motivation.
Jordaan was awarded official ambassador status of the
Futbol Forever Foundation and given the keys to the city
of Soyapango by the mayor.
On his whirlwind visit which also saw the 2010 FIFA
World Cup boss visit Mexico, Jordaan was happy to see
that El Salvador is serious about youth development
through football which is an important legacy focus for
South Africa’s hosting of the FIFA World Cup.
Visiting the Futbol Forever initiative in the Soyapango
district of El Salvador, Jordaan praised the work done by
the centre which aims to improve the lives of youngsters
through football, ensuring that they stay in the classroom
on the playing field.
SA’S FOOTBALL CATHEDRALS
Dr Danny Jordaan receives an El Salvador shirt from the country’s president Mauricio Funes and ex-player Jaime Rodriguez
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NEWSIn Brief
BRAZIL TAKING NOTES FROM SOUTH AFRICA
A patron of the Football – A
Dialect for Hope exhibition, along
with South African Nobel peace-
prize winners Archbishop Desmond
Tutu and FW de Klerk, OC CEO, Dr
Danny Jordaan, officially opened
the exhibition in his home town of
Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth
in September.
The forty-piece exhibition by Port
Elizabeth-based artist Duncan
Stewart examines the role of
football as a form of hope for
people of impoverished nations
throughout the world.
“That is what football is about. It
is the most democratic sport in the
world. It can be played by anyone,
anywhere at anytime, from the
favellas of Brazil and the streets of
New Brighton to the football
cathedrals of Europe. It is a sport
where a child from a poor household
has the same chance as a child from
a privileged background, and is a
sport equally enjoyed by both. There
is nothing else in the world – no
sport, no ideology, no religion, that
captures the world’s attention the
way football does. It brings people
together, rich, poor, old, young, in a
way nothing else can, and next year
we get to celebrate it with the entire
world,” Jordaan said.
The exhibition will be digitised
and serve as a multimedia tool,
which will be used to implement a
democracy and leadership
programme in 14 countries over two
World Cups. Youth leaders and civil
society representatives will engage
in the programme and discuss issues
around their hopes, positive
citizenship and democratic processes.
THE ART OF FOOTBALL
Football Friday is an initiative that will see South Africans celebrating the upcoming World Cup by putting on the jerseys of their favourite football team every Friday leading up to the kick-off on 11 June 2010.
Joining in on the celebrations on September 4 at SAFA House in Johannesburg were the hundreds of construction workers who have been working tirelessly to complete the stadium. Taking a small break from their work, they gathered on the roof of Soccer City to wave their South African flags as Football Friday launched far below.
For the OC CEO, the launch of Football Friday marks the end of the
FIFA World Cup readiness debate. “The World Cup will define how people view South Africa. It will be a springboard for our country and our economy. It is your chance to play your part in delivering a full colour World Cup,” said Jordaan.
Coinciding with and support-ing national Casual Day, Football Friday was collectively launched by the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), International Marketing Council (IMC), South African Tourism (SAT) and the South African Broadcast-ing Corporation (SABC), under the banner of the national ‘Fly the Flag Campaign’.
FOOTBALL FRIDAY KICKS OFF
MINISTER LAUNCHES INFO CENTRES South African Minister of Tourism
Marthinus Van Schalkwylk launched
the first of the new 2010 Visitor Infor-
mation Centres (VICs) in the World Cup
host cities of Nelson Mandela Bay on
31 July and Polokwane on 28 August.
The VICs are a government-run
initiative looking to boost tourism in
a number of South Africa’s Host Cities.
More will be launched in Nelspruit and
Bloemfontein later on this year.
The world-class centres, developed
at a cost of R6.7 million, will form part
of the legacy initiatives of the 2010
FIFA World Cup. According to the
Minister, the primary objective of the
VIC project is to ensure that visitors
to these Host Cities, both during and
after 2010, are provided with relevant
information and services.
“The centres, funded by our
department, create easy access and
awareness of tourism related facilities
and attractions within an area. The
centres provide tourists with a one
stop service and will be able to assist
with information on a wide range of
tourism products including tourism
information enquiries, reservations,
accommodation, tours, vehicle hire,
entertainment, dining, sports,
adventure, shopping and travel tips.
“VICs are a key element of the visitor
industry and play an integral part in the marketing chain and information distribution system,” the Minister said.
The Governor of the Brazilian state
of Mato Grosso visited the 2010
FIFA World Cup Organising
Committee South Africa (OC) in
September to learn more about the
many processes and requirements
that go into staging one of the
world’s biggest sporting events.
Brazil will host the FIFA World
Cup in 2014, the second time the
South American nation will be
hosting the showpiece since 1950.
Governor Blairo Borges Maggi
and his leading officials met OC
Chief Executive Officer Dr Danny
Jordaan and said he was pleased
with the OC’s legacy pillars of
tourism, infrastructure, the
rebuilding of South Africa’s and
Africa’s image, as well as job
creation and stimulating growth
in the small to medium business
sector.
“The football legacy is to see
improvement for football in this
country – better stadiums, training
grounds and broadcasting; that is
really the hub of the economy of
football,” Dr Jordaan told the
Brazilian delegation.
“Up to 85% of the football
economy is in Europe, with the
highest concentration in England,
Spain, Italy, Germany and France. If
Brazil and South Africa can build a
basis of world class infrastructure,
including in broadcast and tele-
communications, we can create, in
my opinion, a central economy of
football in the southern
hemisphere,” he added.
Brazil is only the fifth country
to host the FIFA World Cup twice,
after Mexico, Italy, France and
Germany, and it will be the first
time in FIFA history that the tour-
nament will be hosted back-to-back
in the southern hemisphere.
SUCCESS ALL ROUND
FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP 2009Review
Brazil set down a marker for all teams ahead of 2010 by winning the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 – but it was the atmosphere in and around South Africa’s stadiums that will be remembered long into the future...
• During the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009, eight teams played in 16 matches
• Four stadiums – Ellis Park, Loftus Versfeld, Royal Bafokeng and Free State – were used in four cities
• A total of 584 894 spectators attended the matches
• On average 36 556 spectators attended each match
• 7.3 million people watched Brazil play the home team Bafana Bafana in the semifinal on television
• Four of the FIFA Confederations Cup
matches made it into the ten highest attended matches in the tournament’s history
• Women spectators accounted for on average 48% of the total TV viewership in South Africa for all Bafana Bafana matches
• 198 countries watched the FIFA Confederations Cup live or recorded
• 2 387 stewards were on duty at the stadiums in Johannesburg, Tshwane/Pretoria, Rustenburg and Mangaung/Bloemfontein
• 150 singers and 150 drummers
performed to a full house at the Ellis Park stadium for the closing ceremony
• 45 goals were scored, with Royal Bafokeng stadium seeing the most (15)during the tournament at an average of 3.75 goals per match
• Brazil’s Luis Fabiano was the most prolific scorer during the tournament with five goals
• Brazil also invited SuperSport United and Kaizer Chiefs Under-17 teams to take part in practice matches
• 4 030 volunteers were on duty helping specators, media and VIPsBrazil won the FIFA Confederations Cup for a record third time and have already secured a return visit to South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™
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FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2009 DID YOU KNOW?
It was a carnival atmosphere in the stands as supporters rallied behind their teams
FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP 2009Review
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South Africa’s biggest ever deadline looms, that of the start of Africa’s first FIFA World Cup™. Big pressure for sure, but South Africa has placed the responsibility of meeting this deadline in rock solid hands, those of 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa Chief Operations Officer, Nomfanelo Magwentshu.
A WOMAN’S WORK
“The job appealed to me because
it is a fixed-term contract. There is a
deadline that cannot be moved and
we have to push hard and deliver,”
says the 38-year old, who literally
raced up the corporate ladder to
get where she is today.
But she certainly does not come
across as a person for whom
getting to the top was the end
goal. Rather it seems that she has
grabbed opportunities as they came
her way and moved forward, never
for a moment looking back.
Is she surprised that as a woman
she has got to this position?
“No, I have always had the
attitude that nothing can stop me
and that anything is possible,” she
replies, with a smile.
Magwentshu was born in
Mqanduli in the Eastern Cape and
matriculated at St John’s College
in Mthatha (Umtata). The eldest of
nine children, she wanted to be a
doctor, but not meeting the entry
requirements, she decided instead
to sign up for a Bachelor of Science
degree at the University of the
Transkei.
“I really enjoyed maths and
statistics and decided to do my
honours in statistics as I thought it
would make me more employable
in the business world than maths
would,” she says.
Her father, who was a bus driver
in Johannesburg (her mother a
teacher), was keenly aware of the
importance of education and
determined that all of his children
should get a university education.
All have, and following in their
eldest sister’s footsteps, have
focused on stats and figures.
“My siblings have pursued careers
reports from each of the venues
every morning, meet with the
management team based at head
office to ensure everything is
running according to plan, trouble-
shoot if need be, and ultimately
see to it that the show goes on.
A daunting task one would think,
but the woman at the right hand
of OC CEO, Dr Danny Jordaan, is
focused and committed to ensuring
that South Africa successfully
delivers the biggest event in the
world. Straight-talking, clear
headed and confident in her
abilities to fulfil the task at hand,
it would seem Magwentshu took
on the job for exactly the right
reasons.
NOMFANELO MAGWENTSHUProfile
“The job appealed to me because it is a fixed-term contract. There is a deadline that cannot be moved and we have to push hard to deliver.”
At precisely 16:00 on 11 June
2010 the 2010 FIFA World Cup™
will kick off in Soccer City, Johan-
nesburg, South Africa.
At that time millions of people
across the globe will be glued to
their television sets waiting in
anticipation for it all to begin.
Tasked with ensuring that it
happens, and that this very
immovable deadline is met, is the
2010 FIFA World Cup™ Organising
Committee (OC) South Africa.
An enormous task with high
stakes, given that the nation and
the world are looking closely at
what South Africa can deliver. And
it doesn’t end there. Following the
Opening Match, are 63 matches in
ten stadiums in nine host cities –
each an event in itself, and each
having to be delivered at the
highest standard.
Making sure that it all happens
without a hitch lies on the shoul-
ders of Nomfanelo Magwentshu,
Chief Operations Officer of the OC.
Magwentshu is tasked with
ensuring that the OC delivers on
its numerous responsibilities in full
compliance with FIFA requirements,
and ensuring that all the deadlines
are met. She has the support of
the functional heads and a staff of
around 250 people (this will grow
to 500 by June next year), but each
cog – from transport and security to
marketing – has to come together
and work as one streamlined
machine come tournament time,
and its Magwentshu’s responsibility
to make sure this happens.
During the tournament
Nomfanelo has to analyse the
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Soccer City’s progress is a constant reminder to Magwentshu about how far the FIFA World Cup project has come
was difficult to maintain balance
then!” she says – and by sheer
coincidence, just as she is admitting
that achieving this balance is a
particular challenge for women in
the work place, her phone beeps.
She chuckles. “It’s my 12-year-old.
We had an argument last night
because she went off to her friend
without cleaning her room when
I had asked her to. She wants to
bake me a cake to make up.”
The conversation moves to her
eldest daughter, who had just left
for the USA, having been selected
to play for the South African
hockey team at the Women’s Junior
World Cup in Boston in August.
Despite the particular challenges
career women face, Magwentshu
does not believe that women have
any reason to feel disadvantaged in
the workplace.
“I have been accused of only
wanting women in my project
management team! But that’s not
entirely true. I look for competency,
and to be honest most women are
better organisers than men and
that is essentially what we are
doing on this project, organising an
event. For instance, how many male
wedding planners do you know?
“Having women on this project
is a non-negotiable. Women can
multi-task and are often more
flexible and more open to change.”
Magwentshu feels that women
leaders are sometimes accused of
being aggressive. “I put it down to
men not being as upfront about
their feelings in a work environ-
ment. They don’t say what they feel
and tend to avoid confrontation.”
What advice does she have for
women who feel that they are
working in a man’s world?
“When you walk into a room
filled with men you just have to
say to yourself that you are
walking into a room of people,
not men and women, just human
beings,” she smiles.
in engineering, accountancy,
computer science – there are no
artists amongst us!” she jokes.
Her career has taken her many
places – Spoornet, a research NGO
(CASE), Hay Management Consul-
tants, Metrorail, Department of
Public Enterprises, Standard
Corporate and Merchant Bank
and South African Airways (SAA),
before joining the OC. At SAA
she held the position of general
manager for business development
and was responsible for two very
important projects of the national
carrier – SAA’s joining of global
airline network, Star Alliance, and
the launch of its low-cost offering,
Mango.
All of this prepared her for her
current role which certainly
demands someone with Magwent-
shu’s experience, focus, confidence,
understanding, and ability to
guarantee delivery. She topped an
application pile of 80 high-calibre
business leaders put forward for
the position, including experts in
the fields of project management,
finance and banking.
“Nomfonelo has demonstrated
an excellent ability to develop
strategies that take into account
the wide range of issues that
impact on the organisation. Her
ability to produce new ideas and
insights, create innovative solutions
and to see opportunities for organ-
isational change and improvement
were among the key criteria for
her appointment,” said OC CEO Dr
Danny Jordaan at the time of her
appointment in October 2007.
Not only has Magwentshu
achieved in her career, but she is
married and the proud mother of
two daughters, aged 21 and 12.
She also managed to complete her
MBA at GIBS while working and
having a daughter who was just
four years old at the time.
How does she do it all?
“I have a dream husband,”
she beams.
Despite her success, family re-
mains central to Magwentshu’s life.
“It is hard to maintain work and
life balance when you are in a
pressurised position, especially in
a job when there are peaks and
troughs. The FIFA Confederations
Cup was definitely a peak and it
So when the tournament is a thing
of the past, where will Nomfanelo
Magwentshu’s name come up next?
“I don’t know, you tell me,”
she laughs.
“Obviously I will look to combine
the skills that I have learnt here –
especially that of learning to work
with people from different cultures
and backgrounds, and getting them
all to work towards a common goal –
with the skills I already have, and see
where that takes me.”
No doubt, it will be somewhere
important and exciting.
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“Having women on this project is a non- negotiable. Women can multi-task and are often more flexible and more open to change.”
Nomfanelo with Minister of Women, Youth, Children and People with Disabilities, Ms Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya, and Dr Danny Jordaan
Nomfanelo very rarely gets a moment to relax and take in her surrounds at work
NOMFANELO MAGWENTSHUProfile
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Traditionally, football has been a man’s game played by men, watched by men and administered by men. But that is fast changing – not only did the crowds at the FIFA Confederations Cup attract a diverse and gender-balanced audience, but the team working at the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Organising Committee South Africa to deliver next year’s FIFA World Cup also has its fair share of women.
Women in leadership: a balanced approach
partner in an international law firm
based in South Africa before she
joined the OC in 2007. “It’s important
for women to play a significant role
in leadership positions in various
disciplines, whether it is science and
technology or politics, research or
education. Team 2010 is no different.
We are working in a historically male
dominated industry and have got to
make inroads so that many young
girls can begin to see that life has
many options for a woman and that
they can also play a role in contrib-
uting to the development of their
country,” she says.
Inspiring and inspired, women of
the OC are influencing the way
business is conducted and bring
organising, planning, communication,
problem solving and managerial skills
with grace, empathy and professional-
ism. Football veteran, Sue Destombes,
who for 15 years has worked in the
football industry and was appointed
as General Coordinator at the FIFA
Under-17 Women’s World Cup 2008 in
New Zealand before joining the OC,
believes that women bring a different
perspective to the project: “We have
different management styles which
complements our male counterparts.
Besides, women can multi-task!”
These career women are working
hard, not only to deliver a pro-
fessional World Cup, but to be wives,
mothers and homemakers.
“I am in touch with my femininity
which helps me be the best woman I
can be. It’s difficult sometimes to do it
all, but I am doing what I enjoy, and
getting to make a difference, no
matter how small it is, gets me to
work everyday,” says Human
Resources Manager, Mandisa Xorile.
And it is a sentiment shared by
many of the women at the OC – the
fact that working at the OC is a once
in a lifetime opportunity. “I can’t find
the words to explain the adrenalin
woman in a male dominated industry
has not bothered her in the past, nor
does it at the OC. “I have worked
in male dominated industries – coal
mines, the oil industry, and the foot-
ball industry – and am quite capable
of holding my own in these highly
demanding environments.”
Gender equality remains high on
South Africa’s agenda and women
are playing an increasingly influential
role in society. In fact, International
Relations Manager and mom of two,
including a five-month old baby, Tumi
Dlamini, was the first black woman
Of the 196 staff members that worked
for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
Organising Committee (OC) South
Africa during the recent FIFA
Confederations Cup, 73 were women.
Furthermore women occupy 37% of
the senior and management positions
at the OC.
“Apart from the 90 minutes of the
games there are many intricacies of
organising that at times require the
soft touch, wit and zeal of a woman.
There is a more balanced approach
and form to the event with woman
leadership,” says Onke Mjo, Volunteer
Programme Manager. The Volunteer
Programme itself pays tribute to the
role and interest that women have in
the game. The FIFA Confederations
Cup saw 45% of female volunteers,
and of the 67 999 FIFA World Cup
applications, roughly 50% are
women.
It’s not just the ‘soft’ areas of
hospitality and protocol that the
OC’s women are heading up – from
finance to procurement , marketing
and transport – women are playing an
important role in delivering Africa’s
first World Cup . Take Teral Cullen,
not only is she the venue manager
for Cape Town, which will host eight
FIFA World Cup matches including a
semi-final, but she is also responsible
for managing the Final Draw in Cape
Town on 4 December 2009. Being a
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Tumi Dlamini
Onke Mjo
Teral Cullen
Sue Destombes
Seadimo Sindane
Mandisa Xorile
Jo-Anne Pillay
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that comes with it. Perhaps the fact
that it might not come back to our
shores in our lifetime is another
exciting factor,” says Transport
Manager, Seadimo Sindane.
“I love the passion that comes with
working with this event. I am truly
excited about doing something of
this nature for my country. During
the Confederations Cup, I remember
standing in the stadium at the various
games I attended and feeling this
tremendous feeling of pride in my
team at the OC and my country,”
reminisces Jo-Anne Pillay, Finance
Divisional
Manager, “I can’t
wait to ensure
that the 2010
FIFA World Cup
in South Africa is the best World Cup
ever!”
Passion and commitment from the
women at the committee are echoed
throughout. The 2010 FIFA World Cup
will be the biggest event ever to come
to South Africa, and everyone has a
role to play; the legacy begins now.
“It is very opportune to use this
event as a catalyst to change
perceptions about the continent –
which, together with all our stake-
holders, we are going to do success-
fully,” says Lethepu Matshaba,
Marketing Manager, “South Africans
can successfully do anything we set
our minds to and women play an
integral part in the whole process.”
“Football is loved and followed by
both men and women and we must
utilise the skills and experience gained
by both during the World Cup to
benefit South Africa and her people
in attracting other events of this
magnitude,” agrees Sindile Xulu, the
OC’s Hospitality Manager.
On and off the football pitch,
women in South Africa, and abroad,
are thoroughly enjoying the
‘beautiful’ game. In fact, according
to BMI-Sport Info, women’s football
is the world’s fastest growing sport
and South Africa’s favourite specta-
tor sport. Women, for instance, made
up 48% of
the total TV
viewership
in South
Africa for
Bafana Bafana’s matches during the
FIFA Confederations Cup.
In the sporting world, the board-
room and social society, women
remain instrumental in influencing
positive change for equality fifteen
years into South Africa’s democracy.
And through their example, many
women and girls can aspire to great
things, realising that next year’s World
Cup is not just a man’s game, but an
opportunity for all South Africans.
Says OC Procurement Manager
Noxolo Ngubo, “I hope that we
will embrace the opportunities that
present themselves after the FIFA
World Cup and continue to place
food on the tables of many fellow
South Africans.”
“Women made up 48% of the total TV viewership for Bafana Bafana’s matches”
Lethepu Matshaba
Sindile Xulu
Noxolo Ngubo
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The 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising
Committee South Africa (OC) Volunteer
Programme has a massive selection
process on their hands, having received
a total of 67 999 applications from 170
countries for the tournament.
During the application period, which
ran from 20 July to 31 August 2009,
an average of 1 600 applications were
received each day through FIFA.com.
For Dr Danny Jordaan, the response
from around the world shows just how
excited people are about the football
spectacular in South Africa next year.
“We would like to thank the
thousands of people who applied to
be volunteers. The programme has
certainly proved to be hugely popular
and we are honoured by the incred-
ible response we have received from
around the world,” said Jordaan.
Applications were received for the
2010 FIFA World Cup, the Final Draw in
Cape Town in December 2009 and the
Football for Hope Festival in Alexandra
which will run concurrently with the
2010 FIFA World Cup next year.
With two World Cup stadiums,
Johannesburg came in with the most
applications, receiving a total of 16 280
applications for Soccer City and Ellis
Park. Tshwane/Pretoria received 8 496,
Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth
received 7 365, Cape Town received
5 998 and Durban 5 148. Following
closely behind, Nelspruit got a total of
5 781, Polokwane with 5 503,
Mangaung/Bloemfontein received
4 371 and Rustenburg with a total of
5 558 also had a good response.
Understandably South Africans sent
through the highest number of
applications with 57 365 being
processed, but there was also a strong
response from outside the host country.
Nigeria produced the highest number
of applications outside of South Africa
with 750 in total. The USA followed
with 554 applications and Brazil was
close behind with 489. Zimbabweans
made 449 applications while Italy also
managed an impressive total of 414.
The total applications for the tour-
nament, 67 999, exceeds the 48 167
volunteer applications received for the
2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
Providing administrative support
for the tournament has proved to be
the most popular functional area for
applications, with 6 378 applications
received. Other popular functional
areas include hospitality and ushering
services (5 537), Fan Park services
(2 977) and information technology
and telecommunications (2 753). In
order to assist with hearing-impaired
spectators, 83 hopefuls have applied to
work in sign language support.
The next step is for the applications
to be screened. The interview process
then begins in December.
Overseas volunteers will be
interviewed by teleconference while
host city interviews will be conducted
simultaneously at venues in each city.
Once the final selections have been
made, the volunteers will then be
trained in their respective fields before
the 2010 FIFA World Cup kicks off.
OC Volunteer manager, Onke Mjo is
happy that the application process ran
smoothly and successfully.
“We would like to sincerely thank all
the Host Cities for their efforts,
personnel and infrastructure that
they provided for the volunteer access
points. The National Youth Develop-
ment Agency (NYDA) remains the
greatest supporter of the programme.
They provided youth centres across
the country and trucks filled with
laptops and personnel ensured that
we reached all communities of South
Africa in the volunteer drive,” said Mjo.
Record numbers have applied to be one of the 15 000 2010 FIFA World Cup™ volunteers.
OC Volunteer Manager Onke Mjo and Dr Danny Jordaan stand proudly with some of the volunteers that served during the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009
VOLUNTEER PROGRAMMEUpdate
READY TO SERVE
Soccer City was being revamped and
decided he wanted to be part of it.
Mokatsanyane had no building
experience but says he has learnt a
tremendous amount on the job. He
is a member of a 13-man team that
has been together since construction
started. By the time the stadium is
finished, 80 000 cubic meters of
concrete, 8 000 tonnes of structural
steel and 9 000 tonnes of reinforcing
steel will have been used, and
120 000 cubic metres of soil removed.
For the ordinary men and women
like Mokatsanyane who work at the
stadium sites their jobs allow them
to be part of the biggest show on
earth. These men and women are the
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Kgotso Mokatsanyane is one of the
most important people in South
African football.
Every morning at 4:45am the 24
year-old gets out of bed to start
getting ready for work. At 6am he
catches a minibus taxi from his home
in Soweto which drops him off on the
Soweto Highway. He then walks the
short distance to the front
entrance of his place of employment.
Mokatsanyane then spends the
day lifting heavy pieces of steel and
laying huge slabs of concrete. At the
end of his day at 5pm he catches
another taxi in front of the
construction site which takes him
home. His job is not glamorous and
he does not get paid millions of
rand but without him, and people
like him, the 2010 FIFA World Cup™
would not be a reality.
Mokatsanyane is a construction
worker at the site of the new Soccer
City stadium. He is one of 20 000
people at the ten stadiums through-
out the country who have laid their
hands on the actual building blocks
of the FIFA World Cup.
Two and a half years ago he was
studying Human Resources
Management through the University
of South Africa but being unem-
ployed meant he needed to find
some way of earning a living in order
to survive. Then one afternoon while
listening to the radio he heard that
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Any football experience is electrified the moment the first glimpse of the stadium is seen. No more so than at Soccer City, host to the opening and final matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. Ke Nako speaks to one of the construction workers who has literally laid the building blocks for next year’s tournament.
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Mokatsanyane can rightfully feel proud of his involvement in the construction of Soccer City on the outskirts of Soweto, which will be the showpiece venue of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™
Building, one Brick at a time
conStruction WorkerSProfile
ended up working on the project
while a few others were transferred
to work on the construction of new
power plants for South Africa’s
national electricity supplier Eskom. All
of the training they have received is
SETA approved.
The Organising Committee, FIFA
and the FIFA Partners have also
recognised the important roles that
construction workers have played in
the preparations for the FIFA World
Cup, and have rewarded their efforts
through the Ticket Fund.
The Organising Committee has
given 20 000 tickets through to
construction workers who have
helped build the structures that will
host the tournament.
“It shows appreciation for the
critical role played by the thousands
of construction workers, whose skill
and dedication has made this project
a vivid reality,” said OC CEO Dr Danny
Jordaan at the launch of the Ticket
Fund in August.
Mokatsanyane will be at one of the
games at Soccer City and dreams that
it will be the final.
“Being a South African, I hope
Bafana Bafana get to the final. I have
hope and so far they have played
beautifully – I don’t have any doubts
about them. My dream final would
be Brazil versus Bafana Bafana.”
And the score?
“3-2 to Bafana Bafana of course,”
Mokatsanyane proclaims.
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unsung heroes of the FIFA World Cup.
Mokatsanyane says the significance
of the job they are doing is not lost
on the construction workers at
Soccer City.
“We clearly understand that this
is for the sake of our country and it
is important because we have been
waiting for a
moment like this
as a country as a
whole. It brings out
our true potential.
We also do this for
the love of
football.”
Soccer City – the
flagship of the
World Cup – will
be the most pho-
tographed build-
ing in the world in
2010. By the time
the FIFA World Cup
ends, thousands
of journalists will
have visited the
nine host cities and
watched matches at
the ten FIFA World
Cup stadiums. A large percentage of
the 450 000 people who visit South
Africa over the World Cup month will
attend one of the eight matches
being played in the stadium
Mokatsanyane and his colleagues
have helped to build.
Born and raised in Soweto,
Mokatsanyane has always been in
love with football and used to play
football for Mofolo Knights and
PJ Stars. In his area people are
becoming more and more excited
about the FIFA World Cup as it
approaches.
“Every time I go to my place they
ask me questions about how far the
project is, when it will be finished
and what the stadium looks like. I am
fascinated by these questions and I
am eager to answer them,” he says.
Mokatsanyane says Soccer City is
significant, not just because it is the
flagship stadium of the World Cup, or
because it is hosting the final.
“This stadium in particular – the
way it has been designed and the
shape (of an African calabash) that
has been chosen – means a lot to
South Africans and Africans as a
whole. Africa has never hosted
a World Cup and South Africans,
through this
stadium, have
shown that
we can be the
best.”
And although
he has seen the
stadium grow
from the ground
up he is still in
awe of what has
been achieved.
“This stadium
impresses me
more than ever
because I have
seen it take
shape,” he said.
For the
hundreds of
the construction
workers who have
helped to build the stadiums the
training they have received has made
them highly employable in their
sector. At Soccer City alone, 750
labourers who have never previously
been employed received between
two and 10 weeks of training. Of
those who received training, 450
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conStruction WorkerSProfile
Teamwork has been very important as workers on the sites around the country set out to meet strict deadlines
“This stadium impresses me more than ever because I have seen it take shape.”
Arriving at work each day workers get to see the result of their dedicated labour and can rightfully feel proud with what they’ve achieved
Ticket Fund programmes run by FIFA
Partners to qualify.
The programmes are various and
include educating children on health
and nutrition and environmental
awareness, programmes that teach
low-income workers financial skills,
and art and football competitions for
school children.
Tickets will be given out as rewards
or incentives by the FIFA Partners
through these programmes.
For the OC CEO, Dr Danny Jordaan,
the Ticket Fund is an important step
in ensuring that the FIFA World Cup
has positive effects long after the
spectators and teams pack up and
leave South Africa,
“As the first fully fledged World
Cup to be hosted in a developing
country, it has always been impor-
tant to us that it leaves a legacy. The
launch of this fund ensures, through
the programmes it supports, that we
are looking beyond 2010, using the
World Cup to make a difference in
our communities,” said Jordaan.
FIFA Marketing Director, Thierry
Weil, believes that it is important to
use football and the platform of the
World Cup to help people in need.
“The whole initiative started with
an idea in line with our philosophy to
use our tournaments to help promote
football around the world but also
to help build a better future through
football,” said Weil. “We hope that,
at least in a small way, the opportuni-
ties created for the participants will
have a positive impact on their lives
and communities.”
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Fifteen-year-old Zanele Mazibuko
is an aspirant civil engineer who
lives on the doorstep of Soccer City
stadium. A soon to be recognisable
structure the world over, it will host
one of the most watched 90 minutes
of football in history – the 2010 FIFA
World Cup™ Final.
“I am so proud to be living in South
Africa right now; we are about to
host the World Cup and it is so excit-
ing to be a part of it,” said Mazibuko.
For Mazibuko and many of her
fellow learners around the country,
nothing would be better than being
able to watch a match during the
tournament. Thanks to the 2010 FIFA
World Cup™ Ticket Fund, they just
might get the chance to be part of
South Africa’s historic hosting of the
world football spectacular.
An initiative of FIFA, the Organising
Committee and the six FIFA Partners,
the Ticket Fund will ensure that
deserving South Africans are afforded
the opportunity of being involved
in the FIFA World Cup by providing
them with complimentary tickets.
The Ticket Fund will see 120 000
tickets for the tournament being
distributed, with 40 000 tickets going
to the construction workers who are
helping to build the stadiums that
will host more than three million
spectators and 32 teams during June/
July 2010.
The remaining 80 000 tickets will
not be given as hand outs.
Mazibuko and her classmates who
were present at the launch of the
Ticket Fund in Soweto, Johannesburg,
on 14 August as well as other school
children, teachers, parents and
community leaders across South
Africa, will need to participate in
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It might be one of the biggest sporting events in the world but the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ has the potential to do so much more than provide entertainment to the world’s football fans. Through the hosting of the FIFA World Cup, South Africa has the opportunity to change lives for the better.
TickeTs To change lives
Dr Danny Jordaan tells learners how they can benefit from the legacy of next year’s FIFA World Cup at the launch of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Ticket Fund
TickeT FUnDlaunch
FIFA PArtner ProgrAmmesThe following projects are supported by the six FIFA Partners (adidas, Coca-Cola, Emirates, Hyundai/Kia, Sony and Visa) through which the 80 000 FIFA World Cup tickets will be assigned to deserving South Africans.
• Encouraging learning – adidas will award 15 000 tickets in partnership with the Department of Education and the OC to encourage kids in educational and soccer-activities which form part of the Official Schools Campaign, “My 2010 Schools Adventure”.
• Protecting the environment – Building on a partnership with the South African Department of Education established at the FIFA Confederations Cup, Coca-Cola hope to create a generation of environmentally-aware kids when they roll out a recycling programme to young learners in grades 8 to 12 in schools across South Africa. As an incentive 20 000 tickets are assigned to this project.
• Instilling a healthy lifestyle – Recognising the importance of promoting a healthy lifestyle among young children, KIA Motors will partner with Sporting Chance, a South African-based development organisation, to run Street Soccer leagues and accompanying health-education programmes in some of South Africa’s poorest communities. 4 000 tickets will be awarded through this programme.
•Combatting HIV/Aids – Sony has teamed up with Grassroot Soccer, a South African-based non-profit organisation that uses football as a common starting ground to promote the fight against HIV/Aids, to roll-out pro-grammes that educate children and young adults across South Africa. Through this programme, 15 000 tickets will be distributed.
• Inspiring financial literacy – Through Visa’s financial literacy live perfor-mances, low-income workers in the industrial and tourism sectors across South Africa will get the opportunity to learn basic financial skills. Visa will use 5 000 tickets as incentives in this programme.
children are trained in their
respective roles and expected to be at
the field six hours before the game.
After a couple of hours of rehearsal,
they are then entertained in dedicated
Youth Programme rooms at the
stadium by the sponsors.
As the start of the match draws
nearer, flag bearers and player escorts
line up in the tunnel, waiting for their
cue to walk out onto the field of the
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A regular fixture since the 1998 FIFA
World Cup™ in France, the FIFA Youth
Programme enables both girls and
boys between the ages of six and 18 to
connect with football, meet football
legends and be part of the action.
“For FIFA, the Youth Programme
came about because we thought it
was important for children to be in-
volved in football and be represented
in the game,” says FIFA Senior
Manager for Marketing Alliances,
Carla Jung, who project manages the
Youth Programme.
Not only are the children integral to
the pre-match protocol, but they also
make sure the matches run efficiently.
Sixty children participate at each
match in various roles, either as player
escorts, ball crew, national flag
bearers, FIFA flag bearers or FIFA Fair
Play flag bearers.
Every game sees a new group of
children taking part in the
programme in order to give as many
children as possible a chance at
experiencing the monumental event.
The children are selected through
promotions and competitions run
through FIFA’s sponsors, namely
Coca-Cola (ball crews and the national
flag bearers), McDonald’s (player
escorts), Sony and adidas (official FIFA
flag and FIFA Fair Play flag bearers
respectively).
On the day of the big game, the
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The chance to walk onto a football pitch hand in hand with the likes of Kaká, Torres and Cannavaro, was a dream come true for hundreds of school children during the recent FIFA Confederations Cup. Next year, 3 840 school children from across South Africa and the world have the chance to serve as player escorts, ball crew and flag bearers.
FOOTBALL’S YOUNGEST FANS
The McDonald’s player escort kids enjoy a game of foosball before they get to usher the stars out onto the field
The Coca-Cola ball crew’s main responsibility is to retrieve balls that go out of the field of play during the match
YOUTH PROGRAMMEUpdate
the pitch. For the 2010 FIFA World Cup
this number is expected to be as high
as 1 408. “The kids love it! They are
very nervous before they go on and
worry about stage fright, but in the
end they really enjoy it,” said Francis
Naude, coordinator of the McDonalds
player escort programme.
Seven-year-old Dylan Van der Berg
was one of the McDonalds player
escorts: “I am so happy because I held
the captain of Brazil’s hand, and my
friends are so jealous!”
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most watched football series on the
planet. Ball crew, who have a more
rigorous training schedule, are already
on the field and in position to make
sure balls are ready to be passed to
the players. All youths are dressed in
sponsored adidas
kit, and get to watch
the game with their
chaperones.
The eldest children in the FIFA Youth
Programme are the Coca-Cola ball
crew, and for the FIFA Confederations
Cup, they were selected through a
school’s football tournament in each
host city region.
“I felt so excited when we were
chosen for this. We did well in the
schools soccer tournament, and now
my team is here! I can’t believe it,”
said 15 year-old Motlatso Bapela
during the FIFA Confederations Cup
semifinal.
“We have been extremely happy
with the performance of the kids,”
said Julia Versteyl, who runs the
Coca-Cola ball crew and flag crew
programmes. “Most of these children
are from underprivileged areas and to
be able to partake in something like
this is amazing for them.”
Says Tamara Friessnegg, the adidas
flag bearers coordinator at the FIFA
Confederations Cup:
“They all have so
much fun, they come
here from all walks of life, and in no
time are the best of friends.”
McDonalds runs the player escort
programme, and for the FIFA
Confederations Cup, 352 children
were selected to walk the players onto
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The McDonalds player escorts (top) and Sony FIFA flag crew run through their duties before their big moment
Coca-Cola flag bearers stand proudly next to their nation’s flag before the South Africa-Brazil FIFA Confederations Cup semifinal
“I am so happy because I held the captain of Brazil’s hand, and my friends are so jealous!”
YOUTH PROGRAMMEUpdate
JOIN THE FUNCoca-Cola, McDonalds, Sony and
adidas will begin launching their
respective Youth Programme
campaigns towards the end of the
year. Watch out for their promo-
tional competitions closer to the
time!
Coca-Cola Ball Crew
• 14 kids per match
• 15 to 17 years old
McDonald’s Player Escorts
• 22 kids per match (11 per team)
• 6 to 10 years old
FIFA Fair Play Flag Team activated
by adidas
• 6 kids per match
• 12 to 16 years old
Coca-Cola National Flag Team
• 12 kids per match (6 per flag)
• 12 to 18 years old
FIFA Flag Team activated by Sony
• 6 kids per match
• 13 to 16 years old
SA’S AirportS prepAre for 2010 influx
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The Airports Company of South Africa
(ACSA) has been hard at work
ensuring that South Africa’s airports
can handle the increase in capacity
before, during and after 2010.
The South African Government
is spending a total of R19.5 billion
on improving airport infrastructure
around the country, including the
development of a new airport in
the Durban area, La Mercy, which is
set to take over the duties of the
current Durban Airport before the
2010 showpiece.
The projects being implemented at
airports vary from the rehabilitation
and construction of runways and taxi-
ways, construction of additional apron
stands, upgrade of terminal
buildings, provision of cargo
facilities, additional public parking
space and the designation of public
transport terminals within or near to
the airport. In addition to infrastruc-
ture developments provision has been
made to increase the number of inter-
national and domestic flights during
the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The South
African Department of Home Affairs is
also increasing the number of custom
officials based at the airports which
will ease congestion considerably.
OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL
As the main international airport in
South Africa, OR Tambo is a transport
hub for the country. With around
16 million (and growing) passengers
passing through the Johannesburg-
based airport on a yearly basis,
OR Tambo is currently undergoing
refurbishments to maintain its
international standards.
For anyone visiting the airport
over the last two years the sights and
sounds of construction have been
quite evident, but with less than
300 days left until the tournament it
is just the finishing touches that are
being applied.
The addition of the second multi-
story parking bay, which will see an
additional 5 200 bays in place in time
for the FIFA World Cup, will go a long
way in accommodating the increase
in passengers. The introduction of bay
With the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ fast approaching, South Africa is preparing feverously for the influx of spectators and teams. One of the most important areas of preparation lies with South Africa’s airports as they gear up for the 450 000 expected foreign tourists during the tournament.
detection technology has also vastly
improved the ease in which passen-
gers can find parking, with green or
red lights indicating whether a bay is
open or not.
The new central terminal building is
well on its way to completion. Costing
R2.2 billion rand in total, the construc-
tion has progressed to a point where
parts of it are already in public use.
In addition to this, the new atrium
at international arrivals, opened in
September 2008 is proving to be a
popular area for people waiting for
passengers. With additional retail
facilities and an enlarged and
refurbished food court, there is
certainly no shortage of things to do
at the airport.
With 75 additional check-in desks
commissioned in April 2009 in the
enlarged departures area, soon the
waiting time for passengers will be
much reduced. For passengers
arriving at OR Tambo, the time
spent on going through customs and
retrieving their luggage is soon to be
cut down quite drastically with the
addition of six new baggage carousels,
taking the capacity to 8 000 bags per
hour. In November 2009 the airport
will receive another four carousels,
further increasing the luggage
capacity of the airport.
OR Tambo has also increased the
capacity of the apron with nine new
aircraft stands with six of these being
Airbus A380 compliant.
CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL
With over six million passengers
passing through each year and with
this figure set to double by 2015, Cape
Town International is certainly
preparing itself for the growth in
tourism both during and after 2010.
The refurbishments involve the
construction of a new central
terminal building at a cost of R1.5
million. Progress has been going well
on this project and the new departure
facilities in the new terminal are
currently being commissioned.
With the expected increase in
passengers, ACSA has commissioned
the construction of a 4 000 bay multi-
level parkade. The first 400 of the bays
have already been opened to the pub-
lic and in December 2009 the entire
parkade, will be open for use.
The entrance and exit roads to and
from the airport are also receiving
MAJOR WORK:• CentralTerminalbuilding:R2billion• Departuresareaupgrade:R76million• Secondmulti-storyparkade(7levels):
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some attention with the improve-
ments expected to be completed
by April 2010, resulting in a much
smoother flow of traffic in and out of
the airport. Included in this will be the
development of a pedestrian walkway
ensuring the safety of passengers
walking into the airport.
Closer to the runway, ACSA is in the
process of building five additional
aircraft stands to accommodate more
aeroplanes.
The last phase of this development,
with an expected completion date
of March 2010, will be the extension
to the existing arrivals terminal with
pedestrian connectivity to the central
terminal building.
EAST LONDON AIRPORT
On average, around 30 flights land
at the East London Airport on a daily
basis with 350 000 passengers passing
through every year. Although East
London is not hosting any matches
during the 2010 FIFA World Cup it
still needs to cater for the expected
growth in tourist numbers during
2010. Considering its proximity to
Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth
which will host matches, the airport
will be very necessary come 2010.
Work has been done on the
expansion and refurbishment of the
terminal building and the project is
progressing well. Certain areas that
have been under refurbishment have
already been opened up for public use.
The upgrade of the airports park-
ing facilities has also been completed
while the last phase of the project,
which is the new arrivals and
departures area, is set to be
commissioned in December 2009
PORT ELIZABETH AIRPORT
Known as the ’10-minute airport’ due
to its proximity to the city centre and
other areas in the city of Nelson
Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth, the air-
port services around 1.5 million
passengers a year.
As a host city for the 2010 FIFA
World Cup, with a number of group
games as well as one of the Quarter
Finals being played at the Nelson
Mandela Bay stadium, the Eastern
Cape coastal city can expect a large
increase in visitors during the World
Cup and after 2010.
To accommodate the expected
increase in traffic, ACSA has already
completed the refurbishment of the
runway to the tune of R68 million.
BLOEMFONTEIN INTERNATIONAL
As one of South Africa’s smaller
airports, Bloemfontein handles
around 250 000 passengers per year.
Nonetheless, ACSA has invested in the
refurbishment and upgrade of the Free
State province airport ahead of 2010.
The runway has received attention
with a R121 million upgrade to the
tarmac which should see a significant
increase in usage from next year.
Work on the refurbishment and
expansion of the terminal building,
is progressing well and completed
check-in and departure facilities are
already in operation.
A new arrivals area and a public
concourse has been commissioned and
construction is underway.
LA MERCY AIRPORT
Work is going well on the brand new
R7.5 billion airport which will eventu-
ally take on the services of the existing
Durban airport. With progress now
standing at 72%, the landscape on
which the new airport is developed
has undergone dramatic changes.
La Mercy is expected to be able to
handle 7.5 million passengers per year
once complete which is a big jump
from the current figure of 4.7 million
in Durban.
Construction is expected to be
completed at the end of 2009 which
will provide ACSA with sufficient time
to test the facilities before the 2010
FIFA World Cup.
To ensure that the transfer from
Durban airport to La Mercy runs
smoothly, ACSA, in
conjunction with
international experts, has
developed a transfer
programme to avoid
disruptions in service.
The runway, which is
3.7km in length, can
accommodate some of the
largest aircraft carriers such
as the A380.
ACSA is also ensuring that
there is enough parking,
with 6 500 bays under
construction.
Other airports in 2010 FIFA World
Cup host cities have also been
preparing for an increase in passenger
numbers. With a new terminal,
Polokwane International Airport will
handle around 400 passengers per
hour. The addition of new parking
facilities and passenger pick-up zones
have also been included in the
upgrade plans of the airport which
will service passengers arriving for
matches at the Peter Mokaba stadium.
Nelspruit, with two airports – Kruger
Mpumalanga International Airport
and the Nelspruit Airport – already
caters for a large number of tourists
wanting to visit the Kruger National
Park. Hosting a number of opening
round games at Mbombela stadium,
the two airports will be in full use over
the months of June and July 2010.
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R400 million
Cape Town International
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R46 million• Newarrivalsarea• Newpublicconcourse• Upgradetorunway:R121million
Bloemfontein International
La Mercy Airport
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• Upgradeofparkingfacilities: R8 million
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‘Terror’ sensed his Bafana place
slipping away and decided a loan deal
back home could be beneficial.
“I rate my chances highly (of getting
back into the Bafana Bafana starting
eleven). I didn’t have a good
Confedrations Cup, but as long as I
play well now I will get a chance to
play in the national team again. When
my loan contract expires I’d like to go
back to Europe,” he says.
Fanteni need not look far for an
example of a returning player
successfully (and quickly) working his
way “back into Bafana” on his return.
Siyabonga Nkosi, after 18 months
at Arminia Bielefeld in Germany and
six at Israeli club Maccabi Netanya, has
seen his early season form at Super-
Sport United rewarded with a place
in the Bafana Bafana squad which
he missed out on for the ‘Festival of
Champions’. Arguably, when one
considers that he remarked on his
return home that “I feel I could do
it from any country or league”, he
couldn’t have made a better choice.
On the other hand, Matthew Booth
has seen the ‘rightness’ of his choice
go beyond just football.
Despite being lauded for his
performances during the FIFA
Confederations Cup the 32-year-old
defender decided to extend his stay
rather than take up the overseas
offers that subsequently came his way.
“We have a home in western Johan-
nesburg, so my family (who remained
behind while he spent eight years in
Russia) and I are together and settled,
which is good for us right now.”
Also, the upcoming of the 2010 FIFA
World Cup has seen sought-after local
players getting the financial rewards
that European clubs are currently
finding difficult to dish out.
With top salaries, in the region of
R100 000-R200 000 a month, it’s
no surprise that the likes of Bafana
Bafana star midfielder Teko Modise
are also resisting going overseas at the
moment.
Let it not be said that home is not
where it’s at.
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When 67-times capped Bafana Bafana
forward Sibusiso Zuma returned to
play in his homeland in July 2008 he
triggered what has become a steady
stream of South African-born players
returning home.
Some, like Zuma, have come as the
final move in their careers, others are
home for the first time as profession-
als but almost all have mentioned the
upcoming FIFA World Cup™ as the
main reason behind their decision.
As Zuma recently said: “The 2010
World Cup will be even more special,
because how many footballers get the
opportunity to play at a World Cup in
front of their own supporters?”
Two players who were only to keen
to find out for themselves echoed
similar sentiments when they came
home in January.
Bafana Bafana squad regulars
Matthew Booth and Lance Davids
took up six-month deals back home,
ostensibly to remain front-of-mind
with coach Joel Santana ahead of the
FIFA Confederations Cup, but it wasn’t
all plain sailing. Both lacked fitness
and suffered misfortune – red cards in
their first few matches for new clubs
Mamelodi Sundowns and SuperSport
United respectively.
“When I joined SuperSport I
struggled to adapt. I was really
surprised with the tempo of the game
iin the PSL,” Davids reveals, indicating
that the ever-improving league allows
no player – whatever his standing – to
just rock up and dominate.
Davids, having recovered from his
shaky start, has now moved on to
hometown club Ajax Cape Town,
which just happens to be the former
haunt of another recent returnee,
Thembinkosi Fanteni who by joining
Orlando Pirates hopes to remain in the
Bafana Bafana reckoning in this most
exciting 12 months.
After a poor FIFA Confederations
Cup and a similarly frustrating end to
the 2008/09 Israeli League season,
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While the dream of most South African footballers is to ply their trade over-seas, the prospect of the FIFA World Cup™ in their home country has seen a reverse in the trend.
HEADING HOMESiyabonga Nkosi and Lance Davids’ returns have seen contrasting initial fortunes
SOUTH AFRICA STARSProfile
WHO’S COME BACK...JULY/AUGUST 2008
Sibusiso Zuma
(Arminia
Bielefeld,
Germany to
Mamelodi
Sundowns -
now clubless)
Benedict Vilakazi (Aalbork BK,
Denmark to Mamelodi Sundowns)
JANUARY 2009
Matthew Booth (Krylia Sovetov,
Russia to Mamelodi Sundowns)
Lance Davids (Djurgardens IF,
Sweden to SuperSport United -
now Ajax Cape Town)
Chad Harpur (Kilmarnock FC,
Scotland to Ajax Cape Town –
now clubless)
Stanton Lewis (Ajax Amsterdam,
Netherlands to Ajax Cape Town)
Justin Miller (Chelmsford City,
England to BIDVest Wits)
Jeffrey Ntuka (KVC Westerlo,
Belgium to Kaizer Chiefs)
JULY/AUGUST 2009
Thembinkosi Fanteni (Maccabi
Haifa, Israel to Orlando Pirates)
Siyabonga Nkosi (Maccabi
Netanya, Israel to SuperSport
United)
Siyabonga Nomvete (Aalborg BK,
Denmark to Moroka Swallows)
Matty Pattison (Norwich City,
England to Mamelodi Sundowns)
Hans Vonk (SC Heerenveen,
Netherlands to Ajax Cape Town)
Zuma
For Matthew Booth family considerations played a role in his decision to return home
The story of Ndaye Mulamba, the man who still holds the record for the most goals in an African Cup of Nations tournament, is a tragic one. But, by it being told, it is hoped that Africa will begin to give its heroes the recognition and role they deserve.
FROM CAPE TO CONGO
“It is a challenge, and we are looking at ways of encouraging African nations to include veterans in soccer development initiatives because the continent has a significant shortage of qualified and trained officials in the management of the game.”
Mulamba captained his country’s team (then known as Zaïre) when it became the first-ever black African team in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in Germany. That same year at the African Cup of Nations, Mulamba scored nine times. He was feted as a hero in the Democratic Republic of Congo until being forced into a 13-year exile by political conflict.
Himself a victim of political violence, Mulamba lost his first born son and survived being shot in the leg in a brutal attack by soldiers during the DRC war. He escaped and became a refugee in South Africa in 1996.
War, conflict and lack of resources, said Dr Jordaan, had a severe impact on the organisational and logistical infrastructure of African football, and in some cases had a direct impact on the footballers themselves.
“Until countries in the Great Lakes region of Africa have more developed democracies, and a
culture of human rights and dignity, this will remain a challenge,” Jordaan said.
Jordaan assured Mulamba that the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, the first on African soil, could not have been possible without the hard work of pioneer African footballers such as himself, and that their achieve-ments will be honoured on the continent.
Mulamba is the subject of a documentary being directed by Makela Pululu. In the film, Forgotten Gold, Pululu follows Ndaye’s journey back to the DRC to confront his past, and reclaim his legacy.
Pululu is also a refugee from the DRC. For him, the film about his childhood hero is an honour and
a duty. “At the heart of this film is
Ndaye’s emotional return to the DRC to reunite with his family and his teammates – and to find the perpetrators of violence against him and his family – after more than a decade in difficult exile. This is a rare inside look into the politics of sports and the life, times and tragedy of one of the world’s
greatest and most forgotten athletes,” said Pululu.
Local documentary production company, Rainbow Circle Films, is currently in production on the documentary film, with a planned release in April 2010.
The film will include interviews with international soccer stars who will reflect on inspirational role model
Mulamba was to their generation.
For now, Mulamba’s wish is to continue his coaching career. He has been involved
in local and provincial football tournaments with refugee soccer teams and coached and won the South African refugee soccer tournament in 2007.
Mulamba says: “I want to be recognised as the player that I was but I have found a new sense of purpose in still being alive to enjoy the simple touch of a soccer ball.”
Committee South Africa CEO, Dr Danny Jordaan, took time to meet up with the African football legend on a recent visit to the Mother City. The two soccer veterans reminisced about the heady days of African football across the continent and also spoke about the contribution African football legends can make to the development of the game in Africa.
For Mulamba, this was welcome relief from years of isolation and recognition for the role he has played in putting African football on the world stage.
“African soccer veterans in exile are suffering with not enough visibility and recognition as South Africa plans to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup,” he told Dr Jordaan.
The OC CEO agreed that not enough is done to support the older generation and involve them in the development of African football.
At the height of his career Ndaye Mulamba led his national team, the Leopards, with speed and accuracy. He captained them in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s first foray at a finals tournament at the 1974 FIFA World Cup™ and he today still holds the record for the most goals scored in an African Cup of Nations tournament.
But those achievements hold little consolation for a man that was forced to flee his country because of political violence.
As a refugee in Cape Town, Mulamba has all but faded into obscurity – a forgotten hero of African football. But thanks to an upcoming documentary, the plight of Mulamba and other forgotten African footballers, looks set to be highlighted.
Upon discovering that Mulamba was living in Cape Town, the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Organising
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Mulamba gives back to the ‘beautiful game’ by coaching fellow refugees in Cape Town
NDAYE MULAMBAProfile
“I want to be recognised as the player that I was but I have found a new sense of purpose in still being alive to enjoy the simple touch of a soccer ball.”
World Cup, but you need to give luck
a helping hand too,” he states.
“It’s thirty intense days. You’re fully
focused, thinking about nothing but
the World Cup. And that’s what I’m
aiming for. I’ve been at World Cups,
I’ve played in two finals and I know
how to get there, how to handle the
group, how to coach them. I know
what to say to them. I know what I’m
talking about. I didn’t come eighth or
ninth and it didn’t happen to me just
like that. I know something about all
of this.”
While Dunga and Maradona are the
only two current coaches able to join
Zagallo and Beckenbauer, there are
quite a few former FIFA World Cup
finals participants who can join an
even more elite club – currently the
sole domain of Sir Alf Ramsey.
As coach of England’s only FIFA
World Cup winning squad in 1966,
Ramsey became and remains the only
person who was a non-winning player
to return as a winning coach.
Those trying to be next include the
current England coach. As a tenacious
midfielder for AS Roma, Juventus
and AC Milan during his career, Fabio
Capello also racked up 32 caps for
Italy. Most notably he was part of the
Azzurri squad that failed to get out of
the group stages at Germany in 1974.
With the weight of expectation on the
Three Lions, their hordes of supporters
will hope he joins Ramsay come
11 July 2010.
In the same qualifying group as
Capello, 40-year-old Croatian coach
Slaven Bilic has proven an astute
coach. Having come close to lifting the
FIFA World Cup trophy in 1998 as a
player, he is looking to help his
beloved Croatia back to the same
height as those heady days – when
they finished third – should they too
make it to South Africa.
If Northern Ireland are to make an
unexpected return to the football
showpiece in South Africa, coach Nigel
Worthington must take great credit. A
leftback or leftwing during his career,
Worthington has achieved much by
keeping his country in the running for
a finals spot which they last achieved
when he was a member of the squad
in 1986.
Northern Ireland’s automatic quali-
fication chances have been held back
by Slovakia, and they themselves have
a former finals participant as coach.
They have not made it to a FIFA World
Cup since fragmenting from Czecho-
slovakia in 1992, so Vladimir Weiss – a
member of the Czechoslovakia team
at Italy 1990 – will surely be feted if
their name appears in the draw for
the 2010 tournament as looks likely.
A former powerhouse of world
football, Hungary find themselves
under the leadership of Dutchman
Erwin Koeman. The 47-year-old
Koeman, whose brother and father
also represented Netherlands, played
at Italy in 1990 and has been coach
of Hungary since 2008 during which
he’s put the Magyars in a favourable
position to make it their first finals
tournament since 1986.
A man who played at that tourna-
ment in Mexico is Huh-Jung Moo, who
will be the only Asian coach at South
Africa 2010 who knows the feeling
of playing at the finals tournament.
In 1985, his goal for Korea Republic
against Japan allowed them to end
their 32-year hiatus and qualify for
Mexico in 1986 (Moo’s swansong as
player). This turned out to be the
beginning of a run of seven consecu-
tive qualifications for Korea Republic.
Finally, with a play-off place against
Bahrain in the offing, current New
Zealand coach Ricki Herbert, will be
looking to match his exploits as a
61-times capped player with the All
Whites in 1982 by guiding them to
another FIFA World Cup finals as
coach this time.
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Mario Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer
stand alone in a unique club that is
proving very difficult to join.
As players, the former Brazilian
leftwing and German defender have
both been part of winning teams at
the FIFA World Cup™ – Zagallo in
1958 and 1962 while Beckenbauer did
it as captain in 1974.
When they turned to coaching,
success followed, as both were again
victorious, Zagallo first with Brazil in
1970 (and again as assistant coach in
1994) and ‘Der Kaiser’ in 1990. How-
ever, while many have tried to play
for and then coach a winning team,
just one other former FIFA World Cup
player, the late Sir Alf Ramsey, has
managed the latter.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South
Africa will thus be another chance
for somebody to join the Zagallo-
Beckenbauer club and if ever there
was a man who could do it then Carlos
Caetano Bledorn Verri ‘Dunga’ must
surely be in pole position.
The 45-year-old who lifted the
trophy as Brazil captain in 1994 will
return to centre stage as coach of his
home country in 2010. Considering
the ease with which the Seleção have
qualified for the upcoming FIFA World
Cup, and their triumphant FIFA
Confederations Cup run earlier in the
year, Dunga should be confident.
Only one man can trump Dunga,
and that is Diego Maradona.
Arguably the best player the world
has ever seen, the 48-year-old who
carried Argentina to win the 1986
World Cup has found the transition to
coach difficult as the Albiceleste battle
in the qualifying campaign for next
year’s event. However, as he recently
told FIFA.com, missing out has never
been a consideration for him.
“The World Cup wouldn’t be the
same without Argentina. It would
be colourless,” he said ahead of their
September qualifiers.
The legendary number 10 has his
players focused on wining the tourna-
ment in South Africa – at the same
time helping him gain access to the
the unique double Zagallo-Becken-
bauer club ahead of their bitter rival’s
coach, Dunga.
“I always say you need luck in the
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A common football philosophy states that great players rarely make great coaches, but a handful of former FIFA World Cup™ stalwarts will attempt to set that record straight as first time coaches at next year’s tournament in South Africa.
As a player, Diego Maradona didn’t find the going as tough against Brazil’s Dunga as he has as a coach trying to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™
players turned coachesprofile
the FIeld to Bench elIte
Fabio Capello will look to follow in a former England coach’s footsteps in 2010
Can New Zealand’s Ricki Herbert join the list of former players who’ve returned to the FIFA World Cup™ as a coach?
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JAPAN
The Blue Samurais became the first
nation to seal their place in South
Africa following a hard-fought 1-0
victory over Uzbekistan on June 6.
After a poor 2006 FIFA World
Cup™ in Germany, where they
managed just one point, the ease
with which Takeshi Okada’s side
sailed through the preliminaries
must be a big confidence booster if
they’re to do better in 2010.
For Japan, Shunsuke Nakamura
is the midfield fulcrum who they
play around. Up until recently of
Glasgow Rangers, Nakamura now
plies his trade at Espanyol where his
deft touch and clinical free-kicks are
sure to be as useful to them as it is
his national team. Nakamura is ably
supported by the likes of captain Yuji
Nakazawa, a centreback, and striker
Keiji Tamada giving Japan a strong
spine that all good teams have.
With Asia’s most accomplished
league competition also providing
Okada’s squad with skilful and
battle-hardened players, the key
focus for him leading up to the 2010
FIFA World Cup™ now turns to
getting his side used to playing (and
performing in and against) non-
European or Asian countries. By
doing so the coach hopes to once
again raise his team’s level to be
competitive when it matters, and
reach a FIFA World Cup semifinal.
September 2009 World Ranking: 40
AUSTRALIA
Just hours after Japan qualified,
Australia clinched their first back-to-
back FIFA Word Cup finals qualifica-
tions, to justify their successful battle
to be included in the competitive
Asian Zone rather than Oceania.
Having raced into a commanding
lead in Group 1 of the preliminaries,
on the back of an impregnable
defence, it was no surprise that
coach Pim Verbeek’s Socceroos
became one of the first teams to
qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
2010 FIFA WORLD CUP™Preliminaries Update
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Shunsuke Nakamura helped Japan become the first team to join the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ party with hosts South Africa
Over a landmark weekend in June, a year before the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa kicks off, three of the powerhouses of Asian football kept to the formbook by becoming the first teams to confirm their places at football’s show-piece. Not long after, a fourth, rather underrated quantity from their zone joined the party. This is how they all did it…
HOW THEY MADE IT6/9/08 Bahrain (A) 3-215/10/08 Uzbekistan (H) 1-119/11/08 Qatar (A) 3-011/2/09 Australia (H) 0-028/3/09 Bahrain (H) 1-06/6/09 Uzbekistan (A) 1-010/6/09 Qatar (H) 1-117/6/09 Australia (A) 1-2
Australia, despite a continental zone change, have also made it to South Africa
HOW THEY MADE IT10/9/08 Uzbekistan (A) 1-015/10/08 Qatar (H) 4-019/11/08 Bahrain (A) 1-011/2/09 Japan (A) 0-01/4/09 Uzbekistan (H) 2-06/6/09 Qatar (A) 0-010/6/09 Bahrain (H) 2-017/6/09 Japan (H) 2-1
For all the latest information on the Road to South Africa 2010, log on to the Official Website of FIFA at www.FIFA.com
KOREA DPR
The People’s Democratic Republic of
Korea were the surprise team of the
Asian Zone preliminaries, considering
pundits tipped Saudi Arabia or Iran
to be the other automatic qualifier
besides the ‘Big Three’.
They sealed a return to the FIFA
World Cup finals for the first time
since 1966 by virtue of a draw
against Saudi Arabia to take second
position behind Korea Republic in
Group 2 on goal difference. The nett
result means the two Koreas will play
at the same finals tournament for
the first time in South Africa.
Expectations of Korea DPR will not
be sky high when they land in South
Africa but that would slightly belie
their FIFA World Cup finals pedigree
– one appearance, one quarterfinal!
Younger Italians will remember that
Korea Republic beat them in 2002
but older Italians (and definitely
Korea DPR enthusiasts) will recall
that Korea DPR beat the Azzurri
team 1-0 in England in 1966 before
a further draw against Chile helped
them edge into the quarterfinals
where they went 3-0 up against
Portugal before Eusebio’s four goals
helped the
Europeans win 5-3.
The Class of 2009 is coached by
little-known Kim Jung-Hun and
the majority of the team play their
football in the domestic league.
There are a few players in the lower
leagues of Switzerland and Russia,
but none stand out over the team,
which suggests that they will have to
continue focussing on being the
hard-working one which got them to
a second finals appearance.
This in itself is ironic because they
were the last team to qualify for the
2006 tournament.
Of course, their early qualifica-
tion means they have the advantage
of more preparation time ahead
of next year’s tournament, which
is a luxury they previously couldn’t
dream of having to contest play-offs.
Key players for the Socceroos
during the qualifying campaign were
goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer (reign-
ing Australia Player of the Year),
captain Lucas Neill, Harry Kewell,
and Tim Cahill will be keen to show
that Australia’s quarterfinal showing
at Germany 2006 was only the begin-
ning of something big to come.
In that regard, Verbeek is already
dreaming for a similar performance
at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and
apart from organising good quality
preparatory matches he has also
decided on Johannesburg as a train-
ing base ahead of the tournament.
September 2009 World Ranking: 14
KOREA REPUBLIC
By securing a place at a seventh
consecutive appearance at the FIFA
World Cup finals, Korea Republic can
arguably lay claim to being Asia’s
most accomplished football nation
even if the rankings don’t show it.
After achieving Asia’s best ever
showing at the 2002 tournament by
reaching the semifinals, the Taeguk
Warriors then failed to make it out
of the group stages in 2006. Next
year’s tournament will thus be a
watershed one for Huh Jung-Moo’s
charges as they look to atone for
that disappointing showing.
To do so, they will rely heavily on
the talented and experienced squad
which helped them qualify comfort-
ably for South Africa 2010 at the
head of Group 2 of the Asian Zone.
Among Jung-Moo’s squad, Ji-Sung
Park of Manchester United is quite
comfortably the star attraction.
The team captain is a hard worker,
deceptively skilful and chips in with
vital goals – highlighted by the fact
that he finished top scorer for them
in qualifying.
The Warriors have made use of
their extra time to plan for South
Africa by also lining up tough friend-
lies and Jung-Moo, a former national
midfielder in their Mexico 1986
squad, has confirmed that like other
big nations their training base will
be at altitude – the favoured choice
of teams looking to acclimatise
quickly in 2010 – in Rustenburg.
September 2009 World Ranking: 49
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Proud Korea DPR make a return to the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1966
2010 FIFA WORLD CUP™Preliminaries Update
HOW THEY MADE IT10/9/08 Korea DPR (A) 1-115/10/08 UAE (H) 4-119/11/08 Saudi Arabia (A) 2-011/2/09 Iran (A) 1-11/4/09 Korea DPR (H) 1-06/6/09 UAE (A) 2-010/6/09 Saudi Arabia (H) 0-017/6/09 Iran (A) 1-1
Ji-Sung Park will spearhead Korea Republic’s quest for the semifinals in 2010
ASIA’S WORLD CUP RECORD1938: Indonesia, as Dutch East
Indies (group stage)1954: Korea Republic (group stage)1966: Korea DPR (quarterfinals)1970: Israel* (group stage)1978: Iran (group stage)1982: Kuwait (group stage)1986: Iraq, Korea Republic (group
stage)1990: Korea Republic, United Arab
Emirates (group stage)1994: Saudi Arabia (second round),
Korea Republic (group stage)1998: Iran, Japan, Korea Republic,
Saudi Arabia (group stage)2002: Korea Republic (semifinals),
Japan (second round), China PR, Saudi Arabia (group stage)
2006: Australia (quarterfinals), Iran, Japan, Korea Republic (group stage)
*in the European Zone since 1994
HOW THEY MADE IT6/9/08 UAE (A) 2-110/9/08 Korea Rep (H) 1-115/10/08 Iran (A) 1-211/2/09 Saudi Arabia (H) 1-028/3/09 UAE (H) 2-01/4/09 Korea Rep (A) 0-16/6/09 Iran (H) 0-017/6/09 Saudi Arabia (A) 0-0
BAHRAIN STILL ALIVEAfter a come-from-behind 2-2 second leg draw against Saud Arabia in their Asian Zone play-off in early September, Bahrain have kept their hopes of a first FIFA World Cup™ finals alive.A last-minute equaliser (after a goalless first leg), saw the Bahrainis edge past Saudi on away goals and they’ll now face New Zealand in November for the last South Africa 2010 place.
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ON THEIR WAY TOO
2010 FIFA WORLD CUP™Preliminaries Update
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Spain’s stars, after a pleasing FIFA Confederations Cup showing will be back in South Africa in 2010 for the ‘big’ one
In September, six more national teams joined the fray of those securing their places at the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa. Here they are…
England’s supporters will look to help their boys to the world crown for a second time
NETHERLANDS
Following hotly on the heels of the
Asian teams, the Netherlands
became the first European nation to
confirm their presence in South
Africa for what will be their ninth
FIFA World Cup™ finals appearance.
Drawn in Group 9 in the European
Zone – which only had five teams
as opposed to the six in the other
eight – the Dutch had no problems
overcoming Scotland, Macedonia,
Iceland and Norway.
As usual, Bert Marwijk’s squad is
brimming with talent from attack
through to defence and will go into
next year’s tournament as one of the
favourites, with big expectations of
finally living up to their potential
and winning the FIFA World Cup.
GHANA
Following their 2-0 victory over
Sudan on September 6, Ghana
became the second African nation
to confirm their participation at the
2010 showpiece – after the hosts.
After not dropping a point or
conceding a goal in their first four
matches in Group D, the squad and
their merry band of supporters can
now book their seats to the southern
tip of the continent.
South Africa 2010 will be the
second time the Black Stars have
qualified for the finals – the first
being in 2006 when they made it
through to the second round. With
the core of that team – including
captain and star Chelsea midfielder
Michael Essien – still available, the
Ghanaians will bank on the experi-
ence they gained and expect to deal
with the demands of playing on the
big stage even better – especially as
it’s on African soil.
BRAZIL
Following a 3-1 win against their
bitter rivals Argentina, Brazil kept up
their record of qualifying for every
FIFA World Cup finals by securing
one of South America’s four auto-
matic places as now fifth-placed
Argentina can’t catch them.
The value of having coach Dunga’s
number-one ranked squad qualify,
was underlined by 2010 FIFA World
Cup Organising Committee CEO, Dr
Danny Jordaan, when he congratu-
lated the Seleção.
“You cannot host a World Cup
without Brazil. The kings of football
already wowed South Africa earlier
this year when they won their third
Confederations Cup title, and we
look forward to seeing if they can
repeat that performance and add
a record sixth World Cup trophy to
their name next year,” Jordaan said.
South African fans can thus again
look forward to welcoming the likes
of Kaka, Robinho and Luis Fabiano
with their colourful fans in tow.
ENGLAND
Fabio Capello’s side powered their
way to South Africa 2010 to prove
that they will also be a force to be
reckoned with next year.
The Three Lions, ranked number
seven in the world, qualified when
they beat Croatia 5-1 to maintain
their 100% qualifying record and
secure top spot in Europe’s Group 6.
With only one win (on home soil
in 1966) from 11 finals appearances,
hope will spring eternal that this
generation of England players can
end the barren trophy run.
In that regard, Messrs Rooney,
Gerrard and Lampard will definitely
be able to bank on passionate
support in their quest for glory with
ticket sales in the United Kingdom
likely to close in on and surpass those
in the USA (for second place behind
South Africa) now that they’ve
confirmed their place.
SPAIN
The champions of Europe will make
a return visit to South Africa to excite
football fans with their entertaining
brand of football during the FIFA
World Cup next year.
La Fúria Roja sealed their place
after beating Estonia 3-0 on
9 September to retain their unbeaten
run and secure top place in Group 5
with eight wins from eight matches.
Although the second-ranked Span-
ish are among the most decorated
football sides, the most sought after
prize in football has continued to
elude them – coming fourth in 1950
being their best finish. However, with
the likes of Fernando Torres, David
Villa, Xavi and co having experienced
the 2010 host country during the
FIFA Confederations Cup, they will
look to build on their insider knowl-
edge and be right in the running for
the trophy come 11 July 2010.
PARAGUAY
Paraguay’s consistency in the South
American Zone qualifiers meant that
their 1-0 victory over Argentina on
9 September saw them join Brazil
and qualify for their fourth straight
finals tournament.
Having had a taste of South Africa
when they played Bafana Bafana in
2008, Paraguay will be confident of
a good showing come 2010,
especially with their football-crazy
fans in support.
Roque Santa Cruz is the star attrac-
tion in the 23rd-ranked nation’s team
but they’re no one-man show. The
silky target-man missed parts of the
qualifying campain through injury
but the rest of the squad showed
great aptitude in getting by without
him. They will thus confident that
they deliver a great showing at their
eighth FIFA World Cup finals.
Netherlands confirmed their place at next year’s FIFA World Cup™
Ghana captain Michael Essien after they secured a 2010 FIFA World Cup™ place
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FINAL TOUCHES
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The main jewel in the South African foot-balling crown, Soccer City sits majestically on a hilltop in Nasrec, Johannesburg. The calabash façade of the stadium has been completed and paving around the stadium has begun. Bigger than the new Wembley stadium in England, Soccer City will host the opening match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ as well as the final on 11 July 2010.
News rouNdup• Progressontheprojectisonschedulewithworkachievedtodatebeing85%.
• Theroofcladdinghasbeencompleted,withfinaltouchesbeingdonetocompleteit.
• Thebrickworkis95%complete,whiletheinternalfinishesare78%complete.
• Theexternalearthworksthatwillcompletethefaçadeofthestadiumare45%complete.
• Thegroundhasbeenpreparedandthethegrassforthepitchhasbeenplanted.
*as at 1 September 2009
VITAL sTATsStadium owner: CityofJohannesburg Total seat capacity: 91500seatsContractor: Grinaker-LTA/Interbetonjointventure
Architect: BoogertmanUrbanEdge
As the FIFA World Cup™ races towards kickoff on 11 June 2010, construction at the remaining six stadiums throughout the country is on track. With all stadiums now more than 80% complete, all that remains before the stadiums are handed over to the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Organising Committee South Africa are the final touches to the stadium bowls and construction on the precinct areas.
SOCCER CITY STADIUM – 2010 FLAGSHIP
With the roof and seating completed the pitch is the latest addition
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GREEN POINT STADIUM
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Once completed, the Green Point stadium will form part of an urban sport and recreation precinct situated on the Green Point Common. The stadium itself is situated in the corner of the common which is a 85ha open space. The urban sport and recreation precinct which will include an urban park as well as a green area, practice and playing fields for seven different sporting codes, as well as clubhouse facilities, is being developed. The first phase of this project is expected to be completed by March 2010 at a cost of R311 million.
News rouNdup• Thestadiumandtheroofareover80%complete
• CompletionontheroofstructureisexpectedbySeptember.Alargepartofthestructure,includingthetrusses,hasbeencompletedandglasspanesarebeinginstalled.
• ThepitchisbeinggrownoffsiteinnearbyStellenboschandoncemajorconstructionhasbeencompletedandthesitehasbeencleared,itwillbeplantedatthestadium.ThisisexpectedtohappeninOctober.
•Workiscurrentlyunderwayonconstructingtheexteriorfaçadeofthestadiumthatwillgiveitalantern-likeappearancewithasoftglowatnight.ThisphaseisdueforcompletionbyOctober.
•Only55000ofthestadium’s68000FIFAWorldCupcapacitywillbepermanentseats.
• Atthepeakofconstruction2500workerswereonsite.Thathasbeenscaleddownto2000peoplecurrently.
*as at 1 September 2009
VITAL sTATsStadium owner: CityofCapeTown
Total seat capacity: 68000seatsContractor: MurrayandRoberts/WBHO
jointventureArchitect: GMPArchitects
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Clearing of the site is in progress to allow for pitch installation
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DURBANSTADIUM
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The new Durban Stadium has already become a dominant sight on the city’s skyline. It will also be linked to a major green space project known as the People’s Park. The park will provide pedestrian linkage to the south of the stadium, to facilitate connectivity toward the city centre. On major match days, it will be used as a space to accommodate parking and braaing (barbecuing) after matches. The park includes two training fields with change rooms and ablutions.
News rouNdup• Thestadiumisover85%complete.
• Themajorworkonthestadiumbowlis
completeandthefocusontheprojecthas
nowshiftedtofinishesandexternalwork.
• Alongwiththearch,cablenetinstallation
andlifting,theroof’scompressionringis
nowcomplete.Thecablecarinstallationwas
completedinJulyandthecommissioningof
thecablecarissetforOctober.Theinstalla-
tionofthecatwalk,ofthemembraneand
thearchcladdingarestillcontinuing.
•Overall,theseatingisnearly70%complete.
• 2929peopleareemployedonthestadium
site–165arefemaleand1,885areunder35.
• Theupgrade,realignmentandextensionof
IsaiahNtshangase(exWalterGilbert)Road
aswellasthedevelopmentofImbizoPlace,
issetforcompletion.
*as at 1 September 2009
VITAL sTATsStadium owner: EthekwiniMunicipality
Total seat capacity:70000seats
Contractor: Group5/WBHO/Pandev
jointventure
Architect: iBholaLethu
Pitch preparation has started while the seats are fitted at a rapid rate.
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PETER MOKABA STADIUM
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Situated just five kilometres from the Polokwane city centre, the Peter Mokaba stadium is named after the former anti- apartheid activist who also led the African National Congress Youth League. Mokaba was born and bred in Polokwane and was renowned for his fighting spirit and for being an inspiring leader. During the FIFA World Cup™ some of the world’s best teams will try to emulate that spirit when they battle it out for a place in the final. One of the most intriguing design elements of the venue is the use of ‘baobab tree’ inspired columns in the four corners. Housed within the four columns are the specator ramps and lifts. Upon completion, the new stadium will become the centrepiece of an upgraded sporting precinct – taking the place of the old, similarly named, venue next door.
News rouNdup• Thestadiumisbetween80%and85%complete.
• Theconcretestructurehasbeencompletedandthecontractorsareintheprocessoflayingthepitchandinstallingtheseating.
• Todateapproximately16000seatshavebeeninstalled.
• All45000seatsshouldbeinstalledbytheendofOctober.
• Thestadiumlightinghasbeeninstalledandthefinishingtouchesarebeingputontheroofingstructure.
• Theplanningfortheprecinctprojectsandgettingcouncilapprovalransmoothly.Sub-sequenttothat,contractorsbegunworkonsiteandareprogressingwell.
*as at 1 September 2009
VITAL sTATsStadium owner: PolokwaneMunicipality
Total seat capacity: 45000seatsContractor: WBHO/PauljointventureArchitect:PrismArchitects
The pitch has already been laid and seating installation is progressing well.
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MBOMBELASTADIUM
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Once completed the Mbombela Stadium will form the focal point of what will eventually become a sporting hub for the city of Nelspruit. The stadium’s rural setting in close proximity to the Kruger National Park is echoed by its unique roof support structures in the shape of giraffes. The wildlife theme is also carried through the venue with the animal print configuration of the seating while the many colours used in the bowels of the venue also help bring it to life.
News rouNdup• Constructionisover90%complete.• Thebowlstructure,seatingbeams,andallprecastwork,havebeencompleted.
• Theroofstructuresheetingisover90%complete.
• Generatorshavebeencommissionedandbothvideoscreenshavebeeninstalledatthestadium.
•Workonthepitch,irrigationsystem,plasticseating,externalpaving,turnstilesandturnstilefencing,floodlighting,soundsystem,paintingandfloorfinishes,spectatorramps,externalcores,pedestrianandmainboulevardsisinprogress.
• Twopracticefieldsandahockeyfieldarenearlycomplete.
• Thisstadiumprecinctisagreenfieldsprojectwithinaruralsettingbutstillclosetothetowncentre.Precinctprojectsincludeanewringroadaroundthestadiumandanewtaxiandtransportationrank.
*as at 1 September 2009
VITAL sTATsStadium owner: MbombelaMunicipality
Total seat capacity: 46000seatsContractor: BasilRead/BouyguesjointventureArchitect: RLArchitects
This night shot brings to life the colourful wildlife-themed stadium
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NELSON MANDELA BAYSTADIUM
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On 7 June 2009 Nelson Mandela Bay stadium became the first 2010 FIFA World Cup™ venue to be officially opened – a full year ahead of the tournament. The opening was celebrated with over 17 000 residents of the city getting a feel for the venue first hand. The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium has also already hosted four major events including a British and Irish Lions rugby match, a pre-season ‘Soweto Derby’ featuring Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs and another pre-season tournament during which local team Bay United got their first taste of a venue that they will look to make their home.
News rouNdup• Theexternalworksintheimmediatesurroundsofthestadiumisbetween60%and70%complete.Thisincludesbrickpaving,grassingofcertainareasandtheplantingofvegetation.
• Theprecinctareaaroundthestadiumisalsobeingdeveloped–thisinvolvespreparationsforthepublictransportsystemaswellastherevampingofroads.Thisrevampincludesthewideningoftheroadstoaccommodateincreasesintrafficaswellastheimprove-mentoftheverges.
• BeingadjacenttotheNorthEndLake,partofthestadiumdevelopmentwillseethewaterqualityinthelakebeimproved.
• Thestadiumwillalsofeatureafigure8runningandcyclingtrackwhichwillcirclethestadiumandthelake.
*as at 1 September 2009
VITAL sTATsStadium owner: NelsonMandelaBay
MetropolitanMunicipality
Total seat capacity: 45931seatsContractor: Grinaker-LTA/Interbeton/Ibhayi
jointventureArchitect: ArchitecturalDesignAssociates/DominicBonnesseArchitects
The completed ‘stadium at the lake’ is now in the ‘touching up’ phase
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STADIUMSUpdate
Johannesburg, Namibia offers a
world where sandboarding,
photography and flyfishing meet
the cultural kaleidoscope of
traditional Himba tribes, braais
and oompah bands.
Select from a wide variety of travel
and accommodation alternatives
to suit all pockets, from self-drive
holidays and self catered accommo-
dation, to transversing the country
by train and chartering flights to the
lesser known, yet exclusive, game
lodges in the far corners of the
country.
Depending on how long you have,
there are some definite ‘must sees’,
the most pressing one is a visit to
the sand dunes of Sossusvlei in the
Namib Desert. Arguably the
highest dunes in the world, these
dunes make for spectacular sunrise
and sunset photography. Further up
the coast, the Skeleton Coast
National Park impresses upon you
the remnants of 19th century trade
between Asia and Europe, with the
carcasses of many ships littering the
landscape. Moving inland, the
Etosha National Park or ‘Great
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NAMIBIA A land of great diversity and
contrasting landscapes, Namibia is
well known for its Namib Desert,
the wild Etosha National Park, the
notorious Skeleton Coast and its
German heritage, still largely
influential especially in the coastal
towns of Swakopmond and Luderitz.
In brief
The Republic of Namibia shares the
north western border of South Africa
and runs 1 280km (795 miles) up the
west coast of Southern Africa to the
border of Angola. One of the most
remotely populated places on earth
and home to the Himba, Herero
and San Bushmen tribes of Southern
African, Namibia’s cultural mix also
includes German and South African
persuasion due to over a century of
colonisation and foreign rule.
In 1884, Germany formalised its
interest in this vast land, christening
it ‘Deutsch Südwestafrika’
(German South West Africa). The
First World War however put an end
to the young German colony which
was declared a League of Nations
Mandate Territory under the Treaty
of Versailles, with South Africa,
responsible for the administration
of the land, renaming it South West
Africa. In 1990, the constitution
was changed and in 1994, finally,
Walvis Bay, Namibia’s only seaport
of economic importance, was
handed over by South Africa; the
last step towards the independence
of Namibia.
Places of interest
Namibia offers the visitor a
plethora of options. Its rugged
terrain, expanse desert landscape
and wild north eastern interior give
any traveler an opportunity to
experience Africa in as many diverse
ways as there are places to visit.
Only a two hour flight from
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HELLO NEIGHBOUR
SOUTHERN AFRICA DESTINATIONSProfile
Mountains, wildlife, beaches, arts and culture festivities and solid South African hospitality will offer the traveller plenty to do, see and experience over and above an epic event at next year’s FIFA World Cup™. But if the call is to travel a bit further afield, Mozambique and Nambia, two of South Africa’s coastal neighbours, extend the African welcome and present two entirely different and unforgettable experiences.
The sand dunes of Sossusvlei in Namibia are the scene of spectacular sunrises and a sunset photographer’s dream
A Himba lady in traditional garb
weAtherIn winter (May-October), days are dry, sunny and mild to warm (23ºC), while evening temperatures drop sharply to 0ºC and below. It can be quite cold and windy at the coast and warm clothing and a wind-breaker are necessary.CurreNCy INFOThe unit of currency is the Namibia Dollar (N$), however the South African Rand is widely accepted. Traveller’s cheques, international Visa, Master Card, America Express, Diners Club credit cards and foreign currency are accepted.heAlthGenerally, north of Windhoek is considered a malaria area and precautions should be taken. VISAYou will need a passport which is valid six months after date of entry. There are several countries from which citizens do not need a visa, check your travel agent for details. hOw tO get thereThere are daily flights from Johannesburg and Cape Town to Windhoek with the following airlines flying there: Air Namibia, South African Airways, South African Express, British Airways (COMAIR) and Kulula.com.Flying is also the quickest and often the most economical way to travel around the country but there is also a reasonable rail network connect-ing Windhoek and all major towns. With well maintained roads, hiring cars is possible in Namibia. There is a long distance bus service connect-ing most towns but public services are not well developed and taxis are the main public transport in Windhoek. uSeFul lINK www.namibiatourism.com.na
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White Place’ is an exemplary
example of Southern Africa’s finest
game reserves, covering an area
of 22 270 square km, roughly
25% of which is dominated by a
massive mineral pan which forms
part of the Kalahari Basin. It is worth
mentioning that the Caprivi strip,
in the upper north east, is another
world renown wildlife destination
offering a change of scenery with its
abundant wetlands, flood plains and
open woodland. Explore the south
by following the Fish River Hiking
trail in one of the largest canyons
in the world, or discover the almost
buried ghost town of Kolmanskop
just outside of Lüderitz.
MOZAMBIQue If its turquoise waters, warm sun,
rich marine life and white sand
beaches you are after, or an unspoilt
island far away from the crazy foot-
ball crowds, then look no further
than South Africa’s eastern neigh-
bour Mozambique, especially if you
speak Portuguese!
In brief
Once a Portuguese colony,
Mozambique achieved indepen-
dence in 1975, and was immediately
embroiled in a civil war between
internal party factions for nearly
three decades. In 1992, a peace deal
was signed between the two parties
and multi-party elections were held
in 1994. Since then, Mozambique
has slowly pulled itself out of
extreme poverty and opened itself
to investment and tourists alike,
offering some of the most pristine
beach and integrated cultural
experiences in Southern Africa.
Places of interest
Vilankulo, the gateway to
Mozambique’s famed Bazaruto
Archipelago, is a no frills attached
town, with beach sand roads and
hardly a concrete structure in site.
Like most places in Mozambique, it
invites the traveller to really
experience the laid back beach life –
African style.
There is a score of affordable accom-
modation and some vibey cafes in
Vilankulo, but if your budget allows
and its being waited on hand and
foot you are after, then catch a local
dhow to the nearby islands of Ba-
zaruto and Benguerra which offer a
five-star experience akin to the best
in the world.
These are certainly not the only
beach offerings of Mozambique
– the country boasts 2500km of
virtually unspoilt coastline. The dive
capital of Ponta do Ouro south of
Maputo and the famous beaches of
Bilene and Xai-Xai north of Maputo
are easily accessible from South
Africa by road (although you will
need a 4x4 to get to Ponta do Ouro
– transfers are available from some
SOUTHERN AFRICA DESTINATIONSProfile
weAtherWhile there’s no doubt it will be pretty chilly in parts of South Africa during the June-July 2010, visitors to Mozambique’s will find their best weather is from June to August. Temperatures range from the mid to high twenties with clear blue skies, plenty of sun and almost no rain. CurreNCy INFO Mozambique’s local currency is the Metical, however the US Dollar and the Rand are widely accepted. heAlthIt is best to be cautious when it comes to malaria, and a yellow fever vaccination certificate is required from travelers over one year of age arriving from an infected area.VISASouth African passport holders do not currently need a visa when entering Mozambique if the stay is less than
30 days, Other passport holders do need visas. These should be obtained prior to arriving there. Note: if the period issued on your visa is ex-ceeded, a fine of R500 per day will be charged on everyday overstayed. hOw tO get thereYou can drive to Mozambique but a 4x4 is recommended especially for the more remote areas. It is also recommended to keep your tank full as distances between petrol stations can be great. There is a bus service connecting most cities and you can catch a train from Johannesburg to Maputo (estimated 15 hours journey time). The main method of internal travel is by minibus or ‘taxis’.You can also fly into Maputo, Nacala, Beira and Vilankulo through South African Airways and SAAirlink. uSeFul lINK www.vilanculos.org
of the accommodation establish-
ments). Up the coast, Tofo is also
famous for its diving and party-time
atmosphere and is popular with
backpackers, and even further north,
the beaches of Pemba and the
remote Quirimbas Archipelago offer
untamed seclusion.
The cosmopolitan capital city Maputo
offers the traveller a multi-cultural
experience with South African, Bantu,
Portuguese, Arab, Indian and Chinese
influences adding to the already rich
coastal cuisine. For a taste of wildlife
and safaris, the Gorongosa National
Park at the southern end of the Great
African Rift Valley is must-see.
So whether it is beach horse safaris,
some of the best diving, snorkelling
and deep sea fishing in the world,
viewing wildlife or just relaxing on
the beach, Mozambique is literally on
your doorstep. Places like Benguerra Island in Mozambique, offer beach life – African style
Mozambican people will eagerly teach visitors about their multi-cultural influences
With clear blue seas and abundant sea life snorkelling is a favourite pastime
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What’s your favourite restaurant and why?
The Brass Bell in Kalk Bay for the best seafood in town and
an awesome view overlooking the ocean.
If you were to take a day trip out of Cape Town,
where would you go?
The Stellenbosch wine route even though I don’t drink!
Who do you think is the greatest person to come
out of Cape Town and why?
There are many greats but for me it has to be (the late
musical director and theatre icon) Taliep Petersen, for the
impact he had on the community.
How is South Africa’s hosting of the 2010 FIFA World
Cup transforming your city?
Cape Town is already a top tourist destination but infra-
structure is being improved to cater for the expected influx
of tourists.
What are three must see attractions in Nelson
Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth?
Our beaches, which have Blue Flag status (an award that
is given to beaches and marinas that have met stringent
ecological standards), the Addo National Elephant Park
and our new World Cup Stadium in North End!
Based on your experiences, what can visitors expect
from the city’s football fans?
On the streets the visitors will be accepted as our own. In
the stadium, they will unfortunately be disowned for 90
minutes. It is a case of South Africans against whoever is
on the other side of the pitch. Since it is a World Cup, there
will be an ‘underdog’ mentality with ‘giant killer’ aspira-
tions: hard core, patriotic support mixed with mutual re-
spect for genuinely talented and entertaining footballers.
What are three must see attractions in Cape Town?
Robben Island for its great historical interest and Table
Mountain is our most recognisable landmark. Then the
V&A Waterfront is perfect for endless shopping.
What can 2010 FIFA World Cup™ visitors expect from
the football fans in the city?
Visitors can expect the usual warm Cape Town
welcome. Cape Town is after all one of the top, if not the
top, tourist destination in South Africa.
What do you miss most when you are away?
I miss my mother’s home cooked meals, especially her Cape
Malay dishes.
What’s your favourite way to spend a Saturday in
Cape Town?
At the soccer field and afterwards catching up on the day’s
sporting results.
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South African football legends, Desiree Ellis and Ismail ‘Miley’ Ajam reside in Cape Town and Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth respectively, two of the nine host cities that will host next year’s FIFA World Cup™. Ke Nako gets the inside track from them on what to do and where to go when visiting their home towns.
Table Mountain, easily the most iconic tourist attraction in Cape Town, rises imperiously over the city bowl
FOR CAPE TOWN – dEsiREE ELLis2010 FIFA World Cup™ South
Africa ambassador Desiree Ellis,
born 14 March 1963, represented
the South African women’s
team, Banyana Banyana, from its
inception in 1993. In her debut,
against Swaziland, Ellis scored a
hat-trick. A year later she became
captain of Banyana Banyana, only retiring in 2002
after a remarkable decade-long career in the national
team. During her tenure as captain the team won 23
out of their 32 matches.
She received a Silver Presidential Sports award for her
efforts in raising the profile of women’s football in
South Africa.With beautiful, historic estates, a day trip out to the Cape Winelands area can even be enjoyed by those who don’t drink
If you want to liven up the pace of your visit to Cape Town, try out the nightlife that includes luxurious clubs, trendy bars and excellent eateries
FOR NELsON MANdELA BAY/PORT ELiZABETH – isMAiL ‘MiLEY’ AjAMBorn and raised in South End, the same neighbour-
hood as Dr Danny Jordaan, Ajam is the second eldest
of ten children. An active sportsman who plays
over-35 football for Sporting FC, and Premier League
tennis for the Eagles, Ajam (pictured, third from right)
started his professional career at PE United before
moving to Manning Rangers in Durban where he
played for a year. He returned to Port Elizabeth and
joined Hotspurs in the amateur league, winning three
leagues and four knockout cups with them. He then
went on to join the coaching team for Warriors in the
PSL and coached Rainbow Stars in the PSL First
Division. Today, he also owns a sports clothing
manufacturing company known as Fain.
What do you miss most about Nelson Mandela Bay/
Port Elizabeth when you are away?
The comfort of being in familiar surroundings and,
definitely, the pace of the city. It’s not frenetic as there is
a busy yet relaxed vibe with lots of open spaces – even on
the highways!
What’s your favourite way to spend a Saturday?
Saturday is synonymous with sport and if I am not playing
a game of tennis or soccer, the morning starts with a visit
to my sportswear manufacturing business. The afternoon
will be spent with a wonderful invention, my remote,
scanning the sports channels and the evening I spend with
family and friends.
What’s your favourite restaurant in Nelson Mandela
Bay/Port Elizabeth?
I mostly eat on the run and fast foods are the order of
the day. There are, however, two eateries that I frequent
on the beachfront: The Mediterranean for seafood and
Nandos for chicken.
If you were to take a day trip out of the city, where
would you go?
A ‘surfing town’ called Jefrreys Bay – about a 45 minute
drive from Nelson Mandela Bay. It is the surfing capital of
the Eastern Cape, if not South Africa.
Who do you think is the greatest person to come out
of Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth and why?
It has to be 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committe CEO
Danny Jordaan. His contribution in securing the World Cup
is up there with other firsts in the history of our country.
South Africa, through his efforts, has been given the
privilege of staging the biggest sporting global event ever.
It has drawn major attention to South Africa over the past
three years which will intensify during the event and we
will bask in its afterglow for some time to come.
How is South Africa’s hosting of the 2010 FIFA World
Cup transforming your city?
World Cup requirements ensure that there are services
and structural upgrades which translate into transforming
the landscape of the city. This clearly has a knock-on effect
in the hearts and minds of the public. Hosting not just a
world class event but the greatest event on the planet –
and being successful at it – has a broad reaching message
which tells us, as South Africans in all spheres of life, that
we can dream big and achieve great.
Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth with its Blue Flag beaches and a relaxed vibe lives up to its ‘Friendly City’ billing
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The Addo Elephant Park located just a short drive out of the city is an opportune place to take a day trip out to
