World Cup Info

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The biggest sporting event in the world is coming to South Africa, and there could not be a country more deserving, more prepared or more ready to host this spectacular event. Soccer is a culture in South Africa, so hosting the World Cup is indeed a great honour and privilege.

South Africa has in the past successfully managed to host numerous great sporting events, including the 1995 Rugby World Cup, the 2003 Cricket World Cup, the Women's World Cup of Golf in 2005 and the A1 GP World Cup of Motorsport in 2006.

An estimated 3 million visitors will be descending onto South Africa in 2010 to watch the games live, with a further few million television viewers focusing on this fast growing country.

South Africa met all the requirements needed to host this world class event, offering excellent transportation services, telecommunications, tourism and sporting infrastructure, as well as hospitable and welcoming locals with a shared love of the beautiful game.

South Africa will be spending billions of Rands to improve this already world class country, including doing major upgrades or rebuilding soccer stadiums, upgrading the country airports, as well as improving the country's road and rail network. The Gautrain, a high speed rail link between Johannesburg, Pretoria and O.R Tambo International Airport, is also being built.

South Africa will accommodate thousands of guests in 10 world class soccer stadiums, each being either newly built, rebuilt of majorly upgraded. Five of the stadiums will undergo major renovations, including Soccer City and Ellis Park in Johannesburg, Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, the Royal Bafokeng in Rustenburg and Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein.

New stadiums to be built include Mbombela in Mpumalanga and the Nelson Mandela Metro in the Eastern Cape. The Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, Kings Park in Durban and Green Point Stadium in Cape Town will all be rebuilt. Kings Park and Green Point will become multipurpose sporting facilities.

But how does this grand event benefit the country? Well firstly, the tourism industry will boom, with over 3 million visitors arriving in the country for the World Cup. Construction and engineering companies will also benefit from the billions of Rands being spent on infrastructure leading up to the event. This event will also provide job creation to a country with a high unemployment rate.

For South Africa, the World Cup is not merely a public relations strategy to show the world how great we are, but is in fact an event that will have a great influence on the country at large.

Roads and public transport will be improved, airports will be made to a higher standard, and more jobs will be made available. South Africa is ready for the World Cup, so let the countdown to the greatest event in African history begin.