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2010 more than just a game – Govt
21 August - The 2010 Fifa World Cup to be hosted in South Africa should be used as a vehicle to send new images to the world about the people of South Africa and the African continent alike, media delegates in Beijing have heard.
World Cup to boost SA tourism
21 August - South African tourism and leisure sectors are set to benefit from the country’s hosting of the 2010 Fifa World Cup™, Deputy Minister of Finance Jabulani Moleketi said on Thursday.
SA police promise safe World Cup
19 August - South African National Deputy Police Commissioner Andre Pruis says the 2009 Fifa Confederations Cup™ and the 2010 Fifa World Cup™ to be held in South Africa will be safe.
Media to scrutinise 2010 preparations
15 August - A contingent of international and local media representatives has been invited to put preparations for the 2010 Fifa World Cup™ under the microscope in Beijing, the Department of Sport and Recreation said in a statement on Friday.
2010 lessons from Olympic volunteers
15 August - Potential volunteers for the 2009 Fifa Confederations Cup™ and 2010 Fifa World Cup™ to be hosted in South Africa will have to be on top of their game to ensure that crucial areas of operations are well-manned during the events.
SA must unite to make 2010 a success - govt
13 August - With less than 666 days left before the biggest soccer event on the African continent kicks off, government has called on South Africans to come together and share the vision of making it a memorable success.
Fifa: Nothing can go wrong in 2010
12 August - Fifa boss Sepp Blatter has once again reiterated his confidence in South Africa’s hosting of the 2010 Fifa World Cup™ saying the event will change the face of the tournament.
Beijing comes alive with Olympic spirit
12 August - Giant outdoor screens brandishing the Olympic circles, sports memorabilia, Chinese flags, strict traffic flow protocol, heavy police presence, branded commodities, scores of tourists, giant official mascots, late night food markets, and game.
LOC gets ball rolling at Host Cities
06 August - The 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa™ Organizing Committee has announced the appointment of eight Organising Committee Venue Managers in a move aimed at dispersing its operations to host city level.
2010 boss for Soccerex
05 August - Soccerex have announced that Danny Jordaan, CEO of the 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa™ Organizing Committee will be participating at the 2008 Soccerex Conference programme.
Volunteer applications hit 20 000
04 August - More than 20 000 South Africans have applied to volunteer during the 2009 Fifa Confederations Cup™ tournament, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) Volunteer Programme said on Friday.
2010 security exercises in Bloemfontein
04 August - South African law enforcement agencies will hold joint security exercises in Bloemfontein in preparation for the 2010 Fifa World Cup™, South African Police Service (SAPS) said in a statement on Sunday.
23 June 2008
Mpuma schools get trained sport facilitators
Bathandwa Mbola
Nelspruit - Sports in many schools in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga have turned into integrated and extramural component of the holistic education programme.
This is thanks to a five year partnership between the Mpumalanga and the State of North Rhine Westphalia (NRW), Germany that aims to enrich sporting programmes in schools in a view of the 2010 Fifa World Cup™ and beyond.
Called the Youth Empowerment Scheme through Sport (YESS), the project qualifies educators and the unemployed that will offer learners at schools and out of school with youth life-skills empowerment.
“The project started in 2007 and will proceed until 2011 with the introduction of athletics and swimming as codes to also benefit from the German expertise in an effort to accelerate the rate of sports development in the province through the academy,” said coach David Nyathi.
Commenting on the project during an Imbizo visit to the academy, Education Minister Naledi Pandor commended the project.
“You are doing a great job in empowering our youth especially at schools … through projects like these our youth will be encouraged to participate in sport.”
The minister together with President Thabo Mbeki and other cabinet ministers are in the province to for a two-day Presidential Imbizo.
She hoped that the programme might be introduced in other provinces.
Interacting with ministers who visited the project, trainees raised challenges that they faced.
Among them was the lack of support and participation from school managers from some schools.
“We want to give back to the communities but we can’t if the principals chase us away,’’ one of the trainees told the ministers.
Other problems they raised were the lack of proper sporting grounds in schools.
In response to this, Public works Minister Thoko Didiza and Minister Pandor assured them that the matter would be addressed.
Supported by the provincial and local government, Department of Education, SAFA:Mpumalanga and Local Football Associations including Mpumalanga 2010 Office, the project aims to produce more than 2 000 qualified coaches.
Another project visited was the Mbombela stadium training centre which aims to boost local job creation, build goodwill with labour force and client bodies.
The centre offers training programmes in bricklaying, carpentry, electrical, plumbing and tiling.
Jabulani Nkosi, who is an electrical trainee at the centre, told BuaNews that he knows he will benefit from the training programme.
“From here I know that I can find a reliable job because of the accredited certificate,” Mr Nkosi said.
Source: BuaNews