FIFA World Cup 2010

South Africa’s dreams of hosting the FIFA World CupTM took root several years before that exhilarating day of 15 May 2004, when it was announced that football’s showpiece would be coming here in 2010. From the beginning of the bid process South Africa committed that the 2010 World Cup would be an African World Cup, which would provide momentum to growth and development and the African renaissance. South Africa would be Africa’s stage and the bid book proclaimed: “Africa’s time has come, and South Africa is ready”.
FIFA World Cup 2010, Press Review
30. August 2010
World Cup legacy - what's in store for South Africa?
With the end of the FIFA 2010 World Cup just over a month ago, South Africa can be proud of pulling off an amazing event, which in many ways showed off the best that the country has to offer. The...
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23. July 2010
Out of Africa, something new
In the first African World Cup, the real contest was never going to be won or lost on the playing field – as riveting as that spectacle was. The stakes were always much higher for South Africa, and...
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23. July 2010
World Cup: 97% of South Africans 'more proud'
Less than a week after the end of the 2010 Fifa World Cup, a survey has found that 99% of South Africans did a good job in hosting the tournament, and 97% are "more proud" to be South...
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23. July 2010
Top marks for SA’s World Cup
South Africa has come out with flying colours for hosting one of the most successful World Cups of all time. This was announced by Fifa boss Sepp Blatter at a press briefing in Johannesburg on 12...
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23. July 2010
A legacy of harmony and pride
Although the spirit of the 2010 Fifa World Cup has touched South Africa in many significant ways, the legacy of unity is above all else for Dr Irvin Khoza, chairperson of the tournament’s Local...
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