As the 2010 Soccer World Cup approaches, calls for the decriminalisation of sex work in South Africa have been renewed.
With only six months until South Africa hosts the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the nettlesome question of how to deal with sex workers looms.
THE Zimbabwe Council for Tourism has accused Willowvale Mazda Motor Industries (WMMI) of failing to supply in time vehicles ordered by its affiliate for hiring during the Fifa World Cup in South Africa next year. Addressing a year-end state of tourism press conference yesterday, ZCT president Emmanuel Fundira said the Zimbabwe Vehicle and Rental Association, a member of the tourism operators ...
HIT Harare Golf Village, a golf practice range along Samora Machel Avenue, close to Harare's city centre, is expanding its facilities to cater for the recreational needs of 2010 World Cup soccer officials and fans staying in Harare next year.
Ghanaian fans are crying foul, after it emerged that German stars are already using the ball designed for next summer's World Cup.
Sports journalists from Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia are calling on the football world governing body, FIFA to make their dream come true by sponsoring their trip to South Africa to cover the World Cup.
Friday 11 June
There is much hype concerning the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
South Africa, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana face a difficult first round in the 2010 World Cup soccer finals, while Nigeria will contend with familiar opponents and Cameroon can probably count themselves luckier than their African counterparts.
The excellence that marked the World Cup draw, recently held in Cape Town, South Africa, is clear evidence that Africa has come of age in football affairs, and that one of the continent's teams could, indeed, outclass all others, at next year's soccer fiesta, to win the most prestigious trophy in the world.
There's only one slot left to be filled in Africa's line-up at the 2010 Fifa World Cup, to be played in South Africa next June, and it will be taken after what has the makings of an epic playoff between Algeria and Egypt in Sudan on Wednesday.
The Soccer FIFA 2010 is around the corner, and the mood can be felt in South Africa, with many trying to find ways of how they can take advantage of the opportunities that might come with hosting of the event.
THE Passenger Rail Agency of SA, a commuter rail parastatal that owns Autopax Passenger Services, has not yet received funding for the training of 1400 bus drivers for the Soccer World Cup, with less than than 100 working days before the soccer spectacular kicks off.
In what appears to be a repeat of the 1994 and 2002 editions of the FIFA World Cup, Nigeria last night was drawn alongside Argentina, South Korea and Greece in Group B for the global football fiesta to be hosted by South Africa next year.
Before I decided to put pen to paper for this article, I first went to check the website of the Nigeria Football Federation to get my facts straight.
