South African government is taking all efforts to complete the 2010 FIFA World Cup transport and infrastructure projects in host cities.

Minister of Transport Sibusiso Ndebele listed a number of road,bus and taxi rank projects that were nearing completion in a written answer to a parliamentary question question raised in the National Assembly about the progress made around the infrastructure development.

In all world cup 2010 host cities constructions show a steady progress and South Africa govermnet is expected to complete the infrastructure development soon.

In Polokwane a number of projects had been completed including the upgrading of the bus terminus, the widening and extension of a number of streets. Construction of a transport hub, the Seshego Park and Ride project, bus depot, fan park are all expected to be completed by the end of this month.

Zakumi is the Official Mascot for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He's a leopard with green hair and a wide smile. "Zakumi" is a composition of "Za" coming from South Africa's international country code (ZA) and "Kumi",  which translates translates into ‘10' in various languages across Africa.The green and yellow (gold) colours of the character match the colours used in South African sport uniforms and can also be seen in the South Africa national football team's kit.

Soccer World Cup 2010 Stadium Construction would be halted if a payment dispute between construction workers and their employers are not resolved properly. South Africa's biggest union `The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)` on Tuesday confirmed its members in the construction sector would launch a strike over pay next week. ’A strike action is set to begin on July 8,’ said NUM spokesman Lesiba Seshoka.

A prolonged strike could cause partial shut down of an economy and could scare foreign investors.The N.U.M said the strike action, which already halted the construction of a 2010 World Cup stadium in Durban, would spread to other 2010 projects if their demands for more bonuses and safer working environment are not met by Monday.The union said it had served the construction sector’s employer body with a notice to go on strike after prolonged wage talks brokered by the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration collapsed on Friday.The strike could halt work on the World Cup infrastructure as well as the mass transit Gautrain high-speed rail project, power stations, an airport, a refinery, a coal terminal, hospitals, highways and mining projects.

"Its not just the World Cup stadiums that will be affected, we are talking about power stations, hospitals, roads and the like. It will last until the employers come to their senses and offer a 13 percent wage increase for one year." Lesiba Seshoka, the NUM's spokesman said.

The employers' organization said it would ask the courts to bar a strike, saying an agreement between the parties blocks the union from striking before the end of August this year.

Soccer's world governing body said it was confident South Africa would deliver on its World Cup commitments.

"FIFA has full trust in the host cities and the government in the delivery of their commitments regarding the stadiums," FIFA's media department said.

Ticket sales for 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ will be done in 5 separate Ticket Sales Phases.Ticket sales has commenced on 20 February 2009and will terminate on July 2010.
Four sales period has been organized in the period from 20 February 2009 to 7 April 2010. During this sales period applications are processed either subject to a random selection draw process for Tickets that are oversubscribed or on a first-come-first served basis subject to availability. The final Ticket Sales Phase will take place from 15 April to 11 July 2010.

Ticket Prices will range from US$20 for the lowest category first-round matches to over US$900 for the final at Johannesburg's Soccer City Stadium. Nearly three million tickets will be available before the event kicks off on 11 June 2010.

FIFA has allocated 1.65-million tickets to the general public, just over 570,000 have been allocated for  Fifa member country supporters, and 34,4000 for tourists who book with Fifa-registered tour operators.This counts to a total of 743 965 tickets that anyone, from anywhere in the world can apply to buy. Tickets can apply online, through www.fifa.com or over the counter at any First National Bank (FNB) branch in South Africa.

 

For the Soccer World Cup 2010 in South Africa 10 stadiums will be utilised. Five of South Africa's football stadiums - Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, The  Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg in North West Province , Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein in the Free State and Soccer City and Ellis Park in Johannesburg - will undergo major renovations for 2010.
At Mbombela in Mpumalanga and in the Nelson Mandela Metro in the Easter Cape new stadiums will be built. Peter Mokaba stadium in Polokwane, King Senzangakhona Stadium in Durban and Cape Town's Green Point stadium will be rebuilt. The King's park stadium has been designed a first class multi purpose sporting facility with a seating capacity of 70,000

•  Green Point Stadium at Capetown

• Loftus Versfeld Stadium at Pretoria

• Moses Mabhida Stadium at Durban

• Soccer City Stadium at Johannesburg

• Ellis Park Stadium at Johannesburg

• Nelson Mandela Stadium at Port Elizabeth

• Mbombela Stadium at Nelspruit

• Free State Stadium at Bloemfontein

• Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace at Rustenburg

• Peter Mokaba Stadium at Polokwane

Name: Green Point
City: Cape Town
Capacity: 70,000

Cape Town has built a new stadium for the World Cup 2010 in the suburb of Greenpoint, 500 metres from the Atlantic. The Green Point Stadium has been transformed into a completely new 70,000 seater stadium . As the ball rolls over the stadium it  will offer great marketing value to the African continent

Name: Moses Mabhida Stadium
City: Durban
Capacity: 60,000


The Moses Mabhida Stadium has been built as a first-class multi-purpose sporting facility, located in  KwaZulu Natal in the beautiful City of Durban. The stadium is located adjacent to the ABSA Stadium in the Kings Park Sporting Precinct. The stadium has been built on the site of  King's Park stadium. The stadium is has a seating capacity 60,000. The stadium is locate in Stamford Hill which is a very beautiful hill station in the African continent

 

Name: Soccer City
City: Johannesburg
Capacity: 94,700


Soccer City will host both the opening and final matches of the 2010 Soccer World Cup. Soccer City built in 1987 and with a capacity of 94,700. The stadium is also known as FNB Stadium and hosted some of the most memorable matches in South Africa's soccer history. This stadium will offer a great atmosphere for those who gets tickets to watch the opening ceremony and the first match.Major renovation works has been done to make this stadium a memorable jewel in the hearts of football fans and those who love South Africa