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Eight More Teams Book Their Spots For 2010
12 October 2009
The 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa (OC) would like to congratulate the eight teams that qualified over the weekend to play in the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in
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Football Fridays To Ignite Team South Africa
04 September 2009
Team South Africa is joining in the spirit of Casual Friday today by launching Football Friday, a national initiative to build local support and enthusiasm ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup...
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Volunteer Applications Process Closes Tonight
31 August 2009
The Volunteer Application process for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ South Africa will be closed at midnight tonight (South African time).
The process was launched on 20 July 2009 and by 11:30am today, 31 August 2009, the total count of volunteer registration stood at 63,662 from nearly 170 different countries....
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Statement On The End Of The Construction Workers Strike From Dr Danny Jordaan, CEO Of The 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa
15 July 2009
The 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa (OC) wishes to thank the unions representing the construction workers and their employers for reaching an agreement to end the strike affecting the building of the stadiums to be used during the FIFA World Cup next year.
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2010 FIFA World Cup: Latest Ticketing Figures
10 June 2009
Preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ South Africa reach a major milestone tomorrow, exactly one year before the kick-off of the the very first FIFA World Cup on African soil.
As of today (with four out of 32 teams qualified, in addition to the hosts South Africa) there have been a total of 630,021 tickets in 188 different countries/territories sold.
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OC congratulates Japan on 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
06 June 2009
The 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa (OC) would like to warmly congratulate Japan, who today became the first team to qualify for Africa's first FIFA World Cup next year.
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OC Happy With 2010 FIFA World CupTM Budget Allocations
11 February 2009
The 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Organising Committee (OC)
South Africa is happy that Government has constantly delivered on the guarantees it made to FIFA when
South Africa was granted the right to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup...
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50 years of African football on FIFA.com
06 February 2009
As part of its Win in Africa with Africa initiative, FIFA has released a veritable encyclopaedia of African football. To mark the 50th anniversary of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and to set the scene for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South AfricaTM, this boxset of five DVDs details the continent's rich footballing history...
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FIFA World Cup Organisers Celebrate 500 Days Countdown To 2010 World Cup
10 January 2009
The 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa (OC) and FIFA today marked 500 days to go to the first African FIFA World Cup with festivities that culminated in the launch of the nine host cities poster in Bloemfontein/Mangaung...
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Mbeki assures the world of a spectacular 2010 FIFA World Cup
President Thabo Mbeki has assured the world that the next Soccer World Cup to be staged in South Africa will be out of the ordinary. Mbeki was speaking at the handing-over ceremony in Berlin. He says South Africa will stun the world with its friendliness and unique culture when it presents the tournament. 'Sometime ago, South Africa said we would rid the world of apartheid, and there were some people who didn’t believe us, in fact it was going to be very difficult.
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Questions for SAFA President for the 2010 LOC site launch on FIFA .com
Q. Describe how you felt the moment
South Africa was awarded the 2010 FIFA World Cup at the World Trade Centre in
Zurich on May 15 2004?
A. Being granted the right to host the FIFA World Cup evoked memories of casting my vote for the very first time as an African to usher in a new democratic order in
South Africa; it was a feeling of great achievement and a reflection of the difficult road we traveled.
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Khoza Congratulates Blatter
Allow me, on behalf of all South Africans, to extend heartfelt congratulations to Sepp Blatter on his recent unopposed re-election as FIFA President. As he commences his third term in office, it is worth noting that his reign coincides with South Africa’s World Cup endeavours and aspirations; in 1998 he was first elected FIFA President in Paris while we were taking part in our first ever World Cup on French soil and in this year we also announced our intention to bid for the World Cup in 2006.
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Danny Happy with Progress
South Africa has entered the operational phase in its planning to host the 2010 FIFA WorldCup™. Theplanning is complete, and the work on the ground is now underway. From the window of my office at SAFA House, I can watch the construction of the new Soccer City, and the first elements of the new South Stand have risen from the ground. Similar scenes are unfolding all around the country.
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