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When we say that this is an African Cup that includes all the other countries and also those who competed against us. We want to see them as partners and participants in the World Cup.

Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa
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Former President Nelson Mandela at the 2004 announcement that South Africa would host the 2010 FIFA World Cup™.

News

Volunteer programmes on track for 2010

10 January 2008 - The process of recruiting thousands of volunteers to assist South Africa's 2010 Organising Committee (OC) with running the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ is well under way, with several new initiatives planned for this year.

Fiscal Commission advises on FIFA infrastructure

15 October 2007 -The Financial and Fiscal Commission has advised Parliament that infrastructure interventions for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, be sustainable and bear increasing costs in mind, writes Lavinia Mahlangu.

South Africa unites behind 2010 success with 1000 days to go

14 September 2007 - South Africans from all walks of life will gather in their thousands around the country on Saturday 15 September 2007 to mark the 1000 Day Countdown to the 2010 FIFA World Cup™.

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Structures

Hosting football’s showpiece event clearly demands a huge amount of organisation. Since the announcement in 2004 that South Africa had won the bid to stage the 2010 FIFA World CupTM, the needed structures have been put in place to deliver a tournament that is a resounding success.

Various government organs have been formed to oversee 2010 preparations – namely the Inter-Ministerial Committee, the Technical Coordinating Committee and a 2010 Project Management Unit within the Department of Sports and Recreation.

The Organising Committee unites South African football administrators, the Government and representatives of business and labour.

Finally, the Host Cities Forum brings together the Government and the OC in managing the host cities’ preparations.

Organising Committee

The South African Organising Committee, or OC, is officially named the 2010 FIFA World Cup Local Organising Committee. It brings together people from the South African Football Association (SAFA), the Government, labour and the business community.

The OC, a non-profit company incorporated under section 21 of the Companies Act, was registered on 29 August 2005. It is responsibile for the organisation of the World Cup tournament and works in collaboration with FIFA and the Goverment.

The OC board comprises 19 members. The 13 members drawn from the fields of business, labour and sport are:

The five Cabinet ministers and one deputy Cabinet minister who sit on the board of the OC are:

Government bodies

Because of the sheer scale of the World Cup – and because of the guarantees the Government has had to give FIFA – almost every government department is playing a part in ensuring South Africa stages a succesful tournament that promotes the country’s growth and development.

The Government's overall World Cup effort is driven by the Inter-Ministerial Committee, chaired by Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.

Inter-Ministerial Committee

The Inter-Ministerial Committee comprises heads of the ministries responsible for delivering on the Government’s guarantees to FIFA or important for government FIFA World Cup-related programmes. The committee meets every month; it also reports to President Thabo Mbeki every month. The Inter-Ministerial Committee comprises:

Technical Coordinating Committee

The Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC) is chaired by the Deputy Minister of Finance, Jabu Moleketi, and reports to the Inter-Minsterial Committee. The TCC consists of senior officials from the departments whose Ministers sit on the Inter-ministerial Committee. It has to ensure that:

Its tasks are organinsed into clusters, each of which works with the OC’s counterpart structures. The clusters are:

Sport and Recreation’s Project Management Unit

There is barely a government department that does not have an important role to play in the preparations for 2010. Because of this, and as a result of the scale of the event, a special body – the 2010 Project Management Unit – has been formed to manage all government projects in an integrated way.

The unit, which falls under the Minister of Sports and Recreation, is reponsible for coordinating all government preparations for 2010. The unit is headed by Director-General Joe Phaahla.

All projects – from infrastructure and stadiums, to arts, culture and sports development – have been consolidated in a 24-point project plan.

The Government has put in place the capacity to manage and implement World Cup projects:

Host Cities Forum

The Host Cities Forum is a joint government and OC forum that manages all aspects of the host cities’ preparations and commitments. The forum, a grouping at the coal-face of the 2010 work, meets monthly.

The state segment of the forum is chaired by the Minister of Provincial and Local Government – whose department is also responsible for coordinating work for 2010 across the three spheres of government (local, provincial and national) and for providing technical assistance to the host cities.

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