Seems like the locals are not that enthused with the WC2010 at this time. Maybe prices are too steep? Will someone also guide me to the opening ceremonies of the three stadiums that were supposed to be ready in February 2009 per reader "PSA". Maybe I missed the announcements on Ellis Park, Royal Bafokeng and Free State Stadium being officially ready. PSA, you had them down as completed in February. Wuzzup? Updates please. I promised you I would announce the launches, opening ceremonies, official announcements..whatevah..as soon as you sent me proof. Gimme.
Hosts South Africa must do more to promote this year's Confederations Cup and the 2010 World Cup, FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke said on Tuesday. (eish, hau, eh..the Fifah, she's not heppy..)
"I have not seen a single promotion for the Confederations Cup and also not a single one for the World Cup," he told a news conference.
"It is impossible to bring people to the stadium if we do not promote the Confederations Cup," he said.
World Cup Organising Committee chief executive officer Danny Jordaan criticised what he saw as a lack of enthusiasm in the country.
"There is only one country that will host this World Cup and that is South Africa. And yet you find countries like Canada, Australia are more enthusiastic it seems than our own South African population," he said.
"The same situation applies for the Confederations Cup."
The Confederations Cup, seen as a World Cup appetiser, will take place from June 14-28. Valcke said a company had been hired to advertise both events.
Jordaan said 170,000 tickets had been sold so far for the Confederations Cup.
South Africa's government hopes the World Cup, the first to be held in Africa, will bring in millions of dollars and give the country a higher profile.
The readiness of the stadiums and infrastructure for the World Cup has come under scrutiny but FIFA President Sepp Blatter said in December there was "no plan B".
The South African government has pledged to beef up security for the tournament, hoping to ease concerns over one of the world's highest rates of violent crime.
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By the looks of it we won't be watching the world cup on tv either, because the SABC is bankrupt and set to go into liquidation.
I really would love to come to Southafrica and watch football. But i´m concerned. On the radio today was a swede who since two years was a manager for a bigger company and was living in S.africa. He said that it was two giant problems there. 1. All the thousends of criminal people that are robbing and raping everywere. The repetation is that S:africa is the most dangorus country in the world. even here people are saying that. He was really concernde over this. 2. Transports to the stadiums. Trafficjams all the time.If this doesent work, the VM will collapse i riots. What do you think of this? By the way, Swedish television is right now showing a documentry about how corrupt ANC is. On primetime.2 episodes with the start of ANC´s history. Wery intresting. http://svt.se/2.2224/dokument_utifran
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