Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria Prepare for the World Cup

Posted by admin on July 1st, 2009 filed in Hobbies, Society, Sports, Travel

Joseph S. Blatter is the president of the Federation Internationale de Football Association, (FIFA) has been in support of the South African world cup from the beginning.  To him it is the moral obligation, the responsibility of the rest of the world.  He believes that it is very wrong that the rest of the world is to reticent in trusting the country, and that South Africa has much to the world of soccer, and to the entire world as well.  This is to be a time of not only incredible games and the thrill of the World Cup, but a time to celebrate the country and the people who have struggled and who have been so strong and come so far in the short fifteen years that apartheid ended.  It is time that the world views all people as equal, a belief that many South Africans have gone to jail for, Nelson Mandela and the current president Jacob Zuma included.  Just a few things in this world bring people together without regards to race and culture, one of those being sports.  Sports binds and connects people together in a single vision, and that is what Blatter has as his goal for the 2010 tournaments. 

Blatter has become South Africa’s hero for his determined efforts in pushing for the rest of the world to see, that the Cup in 2010, belongs to South Africa.  He is not blind-sided however, and in the wake of the very successful Confederations Cup that ended last week, he concludes that there is still work to be done for the coming World Cup.  Accommodations will be an issue as more than three hundred thousand spectators will enter the country next year.  Rooms are being added to the top Cape Town hotels, as well as those in Johannesburg and Pretoria.  By the time the games open, more than seventy billion dollars will have been spent improving the airports, the roads, and other aspects of the infrastructure.  This is one of, if not the most, popular sporting events in the entire world. And Blatter is there to ensure that while there is a feeling of euphoria in the air in South Africa today, this work must be completed by opening day.  For not only will it prove to the world that South Africa can do it, it will ensure that in the years to come, the tourism industry and business investments that will follow, will serve to build this country up, to provide the people of the country with a better life, and will give the rest of the world the opportunity to experience the country first hand.