World Cup 2010 party confirm Dizzee Rascal
Dizzee Rascal is a confirmed performer for the Cool Britannia party at the V&A Waterfront on June 13th - the very same day Germany play Australia in Group D and Algeria play Slovenia in Group C.
We hadn't heard of the Cool Britannia parties before but Dizzee Rascal signing up is certainly going to increase the exposure of the event which runs for the duration of the World Cup in Cape Town. You can get more information here but Dizzee is the first to sign up judging by the line up page.
World Cup advice: Shop around to get the best deals
The South African Government last week denied claims that visitors to South Africa are being overcharged to book hotel rooms during the World Cup this year following accusations of "price-gouging". The denial was based on the results of a month-long study into the rates of nearly 2,500 properties during the tournament by Grant Thornton.
The survey showed that most World Cup accommodation prices had increased but by a reasonable amount and that in most cases the price increase was less than 50% and while it isn't nice, the feeling that you are being taken advantage of, can you really blame business in South Africa putting up prices, if there is the demand?
INTERPOL Major Events Support Team to be deployed for 2010 World Cup
The International Criminal Police Organisation or better known as INTERPOL will be sending the largest ever deployment of officers to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup, to assist South Africa in making sure that the World Cup is as trouble free as possible.
INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald Noble said that there are no known terrorise threats to the World Cup but the decision was made at the sixth annual Heads of National Central Bureaus (NCBs) conference that South Africa’s National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele attended.
44,000 tickets made available by SAA at reduced prices for World Cup flights
South African Airways (SAA) announced this week that it had cancelled a contract to provide tickets to MATCH, the professional services company selected by FIFA to provide ticketing, accommodation and event information technology services to FIFA.
A spokesperson for SAA, Vimla Maistry, confirmed that the relationship between the two companies had broken down.
Homeless South Africans getting moved out of major cities ahead of 2010 World Cup
Over 1,000 homeless South Africans have been moved out of Johannesburg and Cape Town to hide the scale of poverty from World Cup fans travelling to South Africa ahead of the World Cup, it is claims.
More than 800 tramps, beggars and street children have already been removed from Johannesburg and sent to remote settlements hundreds of miles away and in Cape Town, up to 300 have been moved to Symphony Way Temporary Relocation Area where 1,450 families are crammed into a camp designed for just 650 people.
World Cup 2010: All stadiums are a go
A ten day trip across South Africa ended yesterday with the news coming from FIFA today that they have signed off on all the stadiums and "it is all systems go for 11 June 2010".
The tour began at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg on March 16th and it ended yesterday at Green Point stadium in the Mother City. The purpose of the inspection tour was for FIFA to mkae sure that all staidums would be ready and FIFA confirmed today that all parties are confident.
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