Nelson Mandela attends World Cup closing ceremony This is the picture we all wanted to see! That smile… ear to ear! via Nelson Mandela attends World Cup closing ceremony | World news | guardian.co.uk
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Nelson Mandela attends World Cup closing ceremony

This is the picture we all wanted to see! That smile… ear to ear!

via Nelson Mandela attends World Cup closing ceremony | World news | guardian.co.uk

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Ten reasons why the Cape Town 2010 Fan Walk worked so well I whole-heartedly agree with this article! Having done the walk last Saturday in the perfect winter sunshine along with 300,000 other fans - I can only say it was incredible! Read the article here: Ten reasons why the Cape Town 2010 Fan Walk worked so well | Andrew Boraine
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Ten reasons why the Cape Town 2010 Fan Walk worked so well

I whole-heartedly agree with this article! Having done the walk last Saturday in the perfect winter sunshine along with 300,000 other fans - I can only say it was incredible!

Read the article here: Ten reasons why the Cape Town 2010 Fan Walk worked so well | Andrew Boraine

Source: andrewboraine.com

World Cup 2010: BBC base in Cape Town

I have been meaning to post this link for a week now - but couldn’t find a way to embed the video - and I still can’t, so I am just going to pop the link right here and hope you really link-though and watch this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8736315.stm

Seriously folks, the BBC set-up they installed in Cape Town, just for the world cup, is very-very impressive. Wow!

Source: BBC

Proud! I think that’s the most prominent words (other than the the obvious South Africa, Bafana and Brazil) on this Wordle I created after analysing the 350+ comments on the Boston Big Picture gallery for the South African Worldcup 2010. Go and look at the gallery - the photos are stunning! I think I would wholeheartedly agree. Proud is how we “seffricans” should feel.
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Proud!

I think that’s the most prominent words (other than the the obvious South Africa, Bafana and Brazil) on this Wordle I created after analysing the 350+ comments on the Boston Big Picture gallery for the South African Worldcup 2010.

Go and look at the gallery - the photos are stunning!

I think I would wholeheartedly agree. Proud is how we “seffricans” should feel.

OK, Joburg, calm down with those flags! It’s all very patriotic but you actually need some space between them so that can flutter! See more here » Joburg goes completely mental with flags as part of World Cup build up | Cherryflava
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OK, Joburg, calm down with those flags!

It’s all very patriotic but you actually need some space between them so that can flutter!

See more here » Joburg goes completely mental with flags as part of World Cup build up | Cherryflava

Source: cherryflava.com

Gooooooogle …. Goooooal!! I just did a search for “worldcup” on Google to check out the coverage. Besides the 98 million search results, there’s also a simple schedule matches that they show right up top in the results - and that’s not all - when I scrolled to the bottom to go to page two, I spotted the usual Gooooooooogle had been discretely changed.  Seems even Google is really getting into the “gees”. Launching Street View in Google Maps for South Africa (just in time) and also 3D models of the stadiums in Google Earth and a load of other initiatives. Nice.
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Gooooooogle …. Goooooal!!

I just did a search for “worldcup” on Google to check out the coverage. Besides the 98 million search results, there’s also a simple schedule matches that they show right up top in the results - and that’s not all - when I scrolled to the bottom to go to page two, I spotted the usual Gooooooooogle had been discretely changed. 

Seems even Google is really getting into the “gees”. Launching Street View in Google Maps for South Africa (just in time) and also 3D models of the stadiums in Google Earth and a load of other initiatives. Nice.

Fifa, the monopoly organiser, is the major beneficiary while South Africa, the host nation “carries a disproportionate share of the cost burden”.
Citibank’s research arm - Business Report - Home - World Cup’s main beneficiary is Fifa, and SA’s slice slims

Source: busrep.co.za