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South Africa’s World Cup legacy

By Stuart Alderson-Smith Much has been written about the legacy left behind in South Africa after the 2010 FIFA World Cup, both here on Shine 2010 and in the media at-large. One thing was been certain since we saw the President of FIFA, Sepp Blatter,...

Published 20 Jul 2010 12:36 by Shine2010

Filed under: 2010 World Cup, South Africa, infrastructure, legacy
South Africa to bid for 2020 Olympic Games

By Stuart Alderson-Smith With the 2010 FIFA World Cup done and dusted it's time for South Africa to look for the next big thing. And what could be bigger the hosting the 2020 Olympic Games in our very own country? Let us remember that this country...

Published 14 Jul 2010 15:55 by Shine2010

Filed under: South Africa, Olympics, 2020
South Africa: keep flying!

Brand South Africa is to keep the momentum of solidarity and national pride built up in the country during the 2010 FIFA World Cup by morphing its highly successful Football Fridays campaign into a new Fly the Flag Fridays initiative. The campaign, which...

Published 14 Jul 2010 11:15 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, World Cup, South Africa, Flag, Flying, Keep
World Cup visitors may return sooner than expected

The successful hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup has already had a positive effect on South Africa's future tourism figures with many guests planning to return before the end of the year. Pepper Club Luxury Hotel & Spa in Cape Town, which ran...

Published 13 Jul 2010 15:42 by Shine2010

Filed under: World Cup, South Africa, tourists, Return
Can Paul the psychic octopus predict the future of SA?

By Michael Williams I had sympathy last night for the Argentine fans who were calling for Paul the psychic octopus to be caught and cooked in a paella - Germany have been my favourite team ever since Bafana Bafana crashed out to Uruguay . But instead...

Published 8 Jul 2010 11:13 by Shine2010

Filed under: 2010, World Cup, South Africa, hangover, Psychic, Octops, Paul
Over a million visit SA

Over a million visitors have come through South Africa's gates from 1 June to 1 July, says the Department of Home Affairs. According to the country's Movement Control System which is deployed in 34 priority ports of entry, the number of visitors...

Published 5 Jul 2010 11:58 by Shine2010

Filed under: World Cup, South Africa, Visitors, Million
Visa reports massive increase in visitor spending levels during World Cup

Visa, the exclusive card of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, has reported impressive spending by visiting foreigners. One can pretty safely assume that this boost to our local economy is due virtually entirely to the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the hefty numbers...

Published 2 Jul 2010 13:19 by Shine2010

Filed under: World Cup, South Africa, Visa, Spending
International visitors flock to SA

South Africa was definitely the place to be during June 2010, with almost 1 million foreign nationals visiting the country in that time. According to the Home Affairs Department, 944 535 foreign travellers entered the country from 1 to 29 June. This was...

Published 1 Jul 2010 17:53 by Shine2010

Filed under: South Africa, International, Visitors
South Africa close to a ‘perfect’ World Cup host

World football governing body FIFA says South Africa is half way through to organising a "perfect" World Cup and one of the best the world has seen. General Secretary Jerome Valcke even joked on Saturday that South Africa could now be seen as...

Published 29 Jun 2010 14:25 by Shine2010

Filed under: 2010, World Cup, South Africa, Close, Perfect
Bafana did their jersey and their country proud - Jordaan

"Bafana Bafana are out of the World Cup but they won the hearts and minds of all South Africans and the whole world tonight," said 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa (OC) CEO Dr Danny Jordaan after South Africa's final...

Published 22 Jun 2010 23:28 by Shine2010

Filed under: 2010, World Cup, South Africa, Danny Jordaan, proud
Visitors flock to SA for the World Cup

By Chris Bathembu Organisers of this year's FIFA World Cup have described the latest figures pointing to an increase in the number of people visiting South Africa since the beginning of the month as encouraging. This comes as immigration authorities...

Published 16 Jun 2010 19:14 by Shine2010

Filed under: World Cup, South Africa, Numbers, Figures. Foreign, Visitors
World Cup takes over the web

By Stuart Alderson-Smith The 2010 FIFA World Cup is not just taking over South African cities, TV and radio - the web too is getting in on the soccer action like never before. South Africans online in droves Globally the plethora of World Cup posts, groups...

Published 4 Jun 2010 17:53 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, 2010, World Cup, South Africa, Twitter, Take Over, Web
Blatter hails Soccer City as iconic

By Chris Bathembu FIFA president Sepp Blatter says South Africa should be proud of producing world class soccer stadia for the 2010 World Cup, adding that the facilities will ensure a lasting legacy for the country long after the final whistle is blown...

Published 3 Jun 2010 11:03 by Shine2010

Filed under: 2010, World Cup, South Africa, Soccer City, stadia, Blatter
15 000 World Cup tickets to learners

Adidas has announced that they will donate15 000 tickets to deserving school learners as part of its FIFA Ticket Fund campaign, which starts with the national arts competition this weekend. The Adidas Ticket Fund campaign is a FIFA initiative aimed at...

Published 3 May 2010 9:05 by Shine2010

Filed under: World Cup, South Africa, tickets, Adidas, Learners
OR Tambo airport ready for 2010 World Cup

South Africa’s OR Tambo International Airport, the largest on the continent, has been revamped and extended to include a new terminal building worth R2.2-billion (US$296-million). President Jacob Zuma officially opened the central terminal building...

Published 29 Apr 2010 22:22 by Shine2010

Filed under: World Cup, South Africa, OR Tambo, Airport, Ready

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