Ten stadiums are being constructed
or upgraded to host the tournament
Host Cities
Nine cities – stretching from the birth-
place of Nelson Mandela via the Zulu
Kingdom to the gateway to the Kruger
National Park – will host the games.
These include: Nelson Mandela Bay in
the Eastern Cape province; Bloemfon-
tein in Free State; Johannesburg and
Tishwane/Pretoria in Guateng; Dur-
ban in KwaZulu Natal; Polokwane in
This is the first tournament of this kind to take place on
Limpopo; Nelspruit in Mpumulanga;
Rustenburg in the North West Province
African soil and represents quite a challenge for everyone
and Cape Town in the Western Cape.
Transportation between the host Aside from the host cities, the World Schmidt agrees: “For South Africa,
cities has been made easier with ma- Cup will be promoted as an African everything has been much harder to
jor improvements to South Africa’s event and any overspill in terms of ac- realise than in previous host countries.
transportation networks, which has commodation can be absorbed into the This is the first tournament of its kind
impressed FIFA consultant and general regions surrounding South Africa, to take place on African soil and
secretary of the German Football Associ- such as Swaziland, Mazoto and even represents a challenge for everyone.
ation, Horst R Schmidt: “The investment the island of Mauritius. The world’s opinion was at first
in transportation is enormous. It is not governed by doubt with regard to
only able to satisfy the needs for the Stadiums and venues the necessary infrastructure and security
FIFA World Cup 2010 but the country’s A total of 10 stadiums are being con- needed to host the event. Yet South
long-term requirements as well. Out- structed or upgraded in time for the Africa has been able to present an out-
standing examples are the Gautrain and event and, according to the CEO of the standing stadium infrastructure with
the airport upgrades in the cities. They, FIFA 2010 Local Organising Committee, six new stadia and four considerable
and a lot of other facilities, represent Dr Danny Jordan, all the stadiums, ho- upgrades,” he says.
an overall improvement for the popula- tels and airports are going to be ready The opportunity to test some of
tion’s mobility and will be in use long on time. “We’ve exceeded every project the venues came with the hosting of the
after the final whistle blows.” timeline and are on schedule,” he says. FIFA Confederations Cup in June, when
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