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Gautrains are coming home

Following a specialised construction and assembly process at the Bombardier Transportation manufacturing facility in Derby, United Kingdom, Gautrain’s first 15 Bombardier Electrostar rail cars are finally completing the long journey home. Once completed...

Published 3 Dec 2008 11:02 by Shine2010

Filed under: 2010 World Cup, 2010, World Cup, South Africa, soccer, Gautrain, Tourism, FIFA world cup, World Cup football, South African, infrastructure, SA transport, gautrains

Service with a smile - hospitality sector gets skills for 2010

The South African hospitality sector will be ready to service visitors to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. This is according to Ken Duncan, CEO of the Swiss-South African Co-operation Initiative (SSACI), who gave details on Wednesday of the ‘Hospitality...

Published 31 Oct 2008 8:24 by Shine2010

Filed under: 2010 World Cup, 2010, South Africa, soccer, travel, Tourism, FIFA world cup, soccer world cup, hospitality, South Africa 2010, SA hospitality industry, 2010 projects, FIFA 2010

Local artificial turf gets top FIFA rating

FIFA’s coveted two-star certificate has been awarded to the R4.8 million GreenFields artificial football turf at Thulamahashe stadium in Bushbuckridge near Nelspruit. As FIFA’s guarantee that the football turf is of the highest international...

Published 22 Oct 2008 10:07 by Shine2010

Filed under: soccer, South African Tourism, football, Tourism, FIFA 2010 world cup, FIFA world cup, South Africa 2010, pitch, pitches, FIFA., stadium updates, 2010 pitch, Nelspruit