South Africa is the favourite having controversially missed out to Germany on the race to stage the 2006 tournament.
Morocco is South Africa's most serious challenger.
Author Simon Inglis, an expert on stadium safety, believes South Africa can learn from Europe. I would come straight to Great Britain or Germany and seek as much advice as I could. In England there has been a massive programme of stadium improvements since the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, when 95 fans were crushed to death during a match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. We've had these accidents and we've had to undergo a steep learning curve to get up to speed. Inglis says safety has less to do with the stadium structures than crowd control, and that Ellis Park stands comparison with modern venues in Europe.