The army of Dutch fans can start booking flights for South Africa after The Netherlands became the first European nation to qualify for the World Cup.
Brazil went top of the South American World Cup qualifying group with an astonishing 4-0 win in Uruguay on Saturday.
Fancy world-class soccer in SA alongside a trip to the Victoria Falls or a Namib desert safari? This is possible, according to Fifa organisers.
Icasa chair Paris Mashile has expressed "foreboding" over the ability of local cellphone providers to accommodate network traffic during the 2010 Cup.
SA tourism operators are seeing marketing gold in the Soccer World Cup, a chance to sell the country as a destination to foreign travellers.
Acting head of the NPA Mokotedi Mpshe was slammed on Wednesday for his criticism of proposals to decriminalise prostitution for the 2010 World Cup.
Hosting the Confederations Cup and the Indian Premier League gives SA officials confidence the Soccer World Cup will be staged without problems.
A stampede at a World Cup qualifying soccer match in Côte d’Ivoire killed at least 22 people and wounded 132 on Sunday.
A few steps from a market, two lanterns swung from a pagoda which promises friendship between China and Mozambique will outlast ”heaven and earth”.
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/ 20 February 2009
TheSANDF is ”overstretched” but capable of assisting in the upcoming elections, Confederations Cup and Fifa World Cup.
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/ 19 February 2009
Ticket sales for the Soccer World Cup will open on Friday. ”We hope that you will come and enjoy the game!” said Fifa secretary general Jérôme Valcke.
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/ 19 February 2009
Organisers of the 2010 World Cup are tapping resources in the tourist magnet of the Kruger National Park.
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/ 11 February 2009
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Wednesday that the Soccer World Cup will be one of the sources of output growth improvement in 2010.
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/ 28 January 2009
South Africans are now more confident about hosting the Soccer World Cup than they were in 2004, a survey revealed on Wednesday.
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/ 26 January 2009
Fifa president Joseph Blatter has urged the world to trust South Africa to deliver a successful Soccer World Cup.
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/ 25 January 2009
SA marks 500 days to the World Cup finals on Monday facing questions over the country’s ability to be ready in time for the start of the tournament.
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/ 22 January 2009
The countdown to Africa’s first Soccer World Cup hits the 500-day mark next Tuesday, but you’d hardly know it from walking the streets.
President Kgalema Motlanthe appealed to South Africans to treat each other with respect in his New Year’s message late on Wednesday.
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/ 29 December 2008
SA face their biggest challenge since readmission to international football 16 years ago when they host the Fifa Confederations Cup next June.
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/ 15 December 2008
Fifa president Sepp Blatter squashed talk of ditching South Africa as 2010 World Cup hosts on Monday, insisting there was ”no Plan B”.
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/ 12 December 2008
South Africans have a love-hate relationship with Bafana Bafana — they love to see them win, but hate how much they lose.
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/ 12 December 2008
South Africa’s transport network is receiving an unprecedented makeover to bring the nation together for the World Cup.
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/ 10 December 2008
Preparations for the 2010 Soccer World Cup are well on schedule and the reported ”Plan B” is dead, CEO of the LOC Danny Jordaan said on Wednesday.
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/ 9 December 2008
Tightening border controls is the ”worst” thing South Africa could do to curb illegal immigration, says Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
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/ 9 December 2008
South Africa will not tighten border controls ahead of the 2010 Soccer World Cup despite an influx of illegal immigrants.
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/ 26 November 2008
Transport and security remain the key challenges facing world soccer governing body Fifa and the 2010 World Cup local organising committee.
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/ 26 November 2008
As the host nation, SA will receive a seeding in the 2010 Cup — but it will not be the kind of favourable draw they got in the Confederations Cup.
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/ 22 November 2008
South Africa faces a major challenge to fill stadiums during next year’s Confederations Cup, organisers said.
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/ 21 November 2008
A meeting held by Minister of Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk has resolved a spat about accommodation for the 2010 World Cup, SA Tourism says.
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/ 12 November 2008
Joel Santana gets his last chance to run the rule over his players when they host Cameroon in the Nelson Mandela Challenge at Olympia Park.
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/ 30 October 2008
South Africa, suffering from one of the world’s highest rates of violent crime, is turning to private security firms to help make the streets safe.
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/ 25 October 2008
Fida president Sepp Blatter said on Friday his organization’s finances are not at risk in the world financial crisis.