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PRETORIA: The fourth round of ticket sales for the 2010 FIFA World Cup will kick off on Tuesday, 9 February 2010, with over 400,000 tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis. 8 Feb 2010 10:47
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[Janine Erasmus] South Africa's national football squad Bafana Bafana will become part of broadcasting history when their opening game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup is filmed and screened in 3D. 8 Feb 2010 10:35
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[Dr Nikolaus Eberl] With just over 100 days to go to the kickoff of the world's biggest media event, global eyeballs are likely to be trained onto the battlefield of brands before they switch to the football pitch. Having invested up to US$100m for the privilege of associating their brand with the FIFA World Cup, what returns can sponsors expect and what are the benchmarks for winning the world cup of branding in 2010? 1 Feb 2010 10:46
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[Dr Nikolaus Eberl] With just over 100 days to go to the kickoff of the world's biggest media event, global eyeballs are likely to be trained onto the battlefield of brands before they switch to the football pitch. Having invested up to US$100m for the privilege of associating their brand with the FIFA World Cup, what returns can sponsors expect and what are the benchmarks for winning the world cup of branding in 2010? 1 Feb 2010 10:46
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[Sally Evans] South Africa's three largest newspaper groups have joined forces to send a submission to FIFA to inform them that the terms and conditions they imposed on journalists during the 2010 World Cup are "unconstitutional". 1 Feb 2010 08:35
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[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Africa's human trafficking, which is at its peak as the 2010 FIFA World Cup draws near, looks like an ‘incurable disease' due to the complexities of the situation - South Africa's lack of legislation, economic vulnerability, victims' determination to seek their fortune, ‘corrupt' immigration officials, syndicates' reckless methods, porous borders and inadequate funding. 29 Jan 2010 10:48
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Good news from FIFA: not only have two million tickets been sold to date, a recent poll reveals that South Africans are ‘overwhelmingly positive' about hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup. 28 Jan 2010 12:41
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[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The number of tickets sold so far for the 2010 FIFA World Cup has reached the two million mark, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke told a media briefing yesterday, Wednesday, 27 January 2010, at the Sandton Sun Hotel in Johannesburg. 28 Jan 2010 12:19
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[Bathandwa Mbola] PRETORIA: The 2010 FIFA World Cup is an opportunity for the world to see and experience Africa in a different way, President Jacob Zuma told delegates attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. 28 Jan 2010 08:58
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Public opinion on staging the 2010 FIFA World Cup remains overwhelmingly positive in the host nation South Africa, according to recent research conducted on FIFA's behalf. 28 Jan 2010 08:49
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[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Anti-South Africa sentiments over SA's hosting of the 2010 World Cup, particularly in Germany and UK, have angered FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke, and raised questions about the real motives behind European Afro-pessimism. 28 Jan 2010 07:48
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[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Anti-South Africa sentiments over SA's hosting of the 2010 World Cup, particularly in Germany and UK, have angered FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke, and raised questions about the real motives behind European Afro-pessimism. 28 Jan 2010 07:48