Four years ago, Project 2010 was launched with the aim of providing a free flow of information relating to the preparations for the 2010 World Cup. In our mission statement, we declared our confidence that South Africa would host the greatest World C...
All of South Africa is now just days away from the party of a lifetime.
The signs are there for all to see -- the millions of flags, the enormous Word Cup-themed murals draped around buildings, the clatter of helicopters, the droning of vuvuzelas...
Last week's 50-day countdown to the Soccer World Cup was slightly more subdued than the big '100' back in February, but that's probably because so many hurdles have been cleared since then.
The consensus -- according to the government, the 2010 L...
It's no secret that South Africa is once again at a crossroads. Racial tensions between black and white South Africans have reached their highest levels since the 1993 assassination of South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani which threatened ...
Any lingering doubts about South Africa's ability to host the 2010 Soccer World Cup have surely been laid to rest with this week's 100-day countdown festivities.
And the most pleasing aspect of this important milestone was not the magnificent new...
Six years have now past since that magnificent moment in Zurich when Fifa President Sepp Blatter declared that SA had earned the rights to host the biggest party on the planet.
And with just over 100 days remaining before the kick-off to the 2010...
2009 will be remembered as the year that South Africa staked its claim to hosting a successful 2010 World Cup.
Certainly, the past 12 months have marked an extraordinary turnaround in the preparations for this mega sporting event. Just a year ago...
Anyone doubting the enormity of the World Cup should have been swayed by the events of the past few days.
The deciding 2010 World Cup qualifier between Algeria and Egypt resulted in riots outside the Algerian embassy in Cairo with President Hosni...
This week marked the 20th anniversary of the unification of Germany, an event that symbolises some extraordinary parallels between the hosts of the 2006 and 2010 editions of the World Cup.
When Germany and South Africa slugged it out for the righ...
Describing the East Rand as the heart and soul of South Africa, "crammed with spectacular natural beauty and cultural sophistication", the Sunday Times notes that the first sign that greets foreign visitors at OR Tambo International Airport is a warm...
