When South Africa bid to host the 2010 FIFA World Cupâ, it was done so on the basis that the tournament should leave a lasting legacy for the country.
South Africa's hosting of the tournament is set to benefit the country in a number of areas. The South African Government had already committed to a major infrastructure investment programme but the hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup has acted as a catalyst for many of the current infrastructure projects. The tournament is also set to bring an estimated 450,000 international visitors from all over the world to the country, a significant boost for the local tourism industry, especially since the event is to be hosted during its low season. With the world's focus on the country before, during and after the tournament, the hosting of the FIFA World Cup also provides an excellent marketing opportunity for the host nation.
One of the worst legacies of sport under apartheid is the dearth of football facilities in disadvantaged areas and the complete lack of recognition and support by the apartheid government of the sport. The hosting of the World Cup will leave a lasting legacy for football in this country.
The OC plans to build one football turf in each of the 52 South African Football Association (SAFA) regions to promote participation in football and ensure that all South Africans have the facilities to play. These will be hubs for sport and community development in the host country. In addition to the development of these turfs a clubhouse, ablution facilities, training lights and a security fence will be constructed.
R81 million has been allocated to the project by the National Lottery and construction will start in the middle of October, with nine turfs expected to be completed by November 2009.
As part of the Win in Africa with Africa initiative, FIFA is ensuring training of staff in maintenance of the turfs across Africa including South Africa. The first maintenance workshop with participants from various African countries will take place in Johannesburg from 23-26 September. The OC will institute football training programmes at each turf in partnership with both local and international institutions.
Win in Africa with Africa is a wide-ranging initiative designed to provide the 2010 host continent with the tools to progress and the skills with which it can continue its own development. This includes the construction of 52 football turfs with 44 completed and 15 of them already used for 2010 qualifier matches. In addition, the project provides support in developing national leagues, as well as training executives who will go on to take charge of the various African associations in the future but also to use football to help improve community health in programmes such as "The 11 for Health". FIFA has allocated USD 70 million for this initiative aiming at creating a balance in African football.
20 Centres for 2010 is the Official Campaign of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. Its goal is to build 20 centres of education, public health and football across Africa. Five of these centres will be constructed in South Africa and the first of the 20 is being built in the township of Khayelitsha in Cape Town. Five other centres on the continent are currently in construction in Rwanda, Ghana, Mali, Kenya and Namibia.
The centre in Khayelitsha will help to educate young boys and girls from the community about HIV and Aids and give them the knowledge to live HIV-free.
Construction of the centre is proceeding on schedule, with the centre due to be completed in November 2009 ready to be officially opened to the community at the Football for Hope Centre Kick Off on 5 December as an official event of the FIFA World Cup Final Draw.
The Football for Hope Festival 2010 will take place in Johannesburg in July 2010 and will bring celebrate the social dimension of the game. 32 delegations have been selected from around the world to send young leaders to Johannesburg and among them will be delegations from India, Tahiti, Rwanda, Cambodia, Bosnia and Colombia.
The Festival 2010 will take place in the community of Alexandra where preparations are under way to make sure the event leaves a lasting legacy. The Festival Organising Team recently spent three weeks signing up volunteers to ensure that capacity-building opportunities were available to the local community.
Football for Hope is a movement that uses the power of the game for social development. It is led by FIFA, world football's governing body, and streetfootballworld, a centre of expertise that supports a global network of local organisations in the field of development through football.
For further information on the Win in Africa with Africa initiative and the Football for Hope movement please go to the official website www.FIFA.com  or contact media-sa@fifa.org .
The Green Goal programme aims to reduce the total carbon footprint of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and it is hoped will be the basis for a far more environmentally friendly South Africa after the tournament. The Green Goal programme has a number of initiatives through which this will be achieved.
To achieve this, many of South Africa's cities are working toward a more environmentally friendly FIFA World Cup. The city of Cape Town is implementing Green Goal 2010, a programme that aims to make the event as environmentally friendly as possible. It incorporates sustainable development principles into every aspect of the event. A Green Goal 2010 action plan has been developed, with indicators, milestones and budgets for 41 projects relating to energy, waste, water, transport, hospitality and sustainable lifestyles.
All stadiums and fan parks will introduce dry and wet waste bin system to promote waste separation at source. Dry waste will be all recyclables material and wet waste will include organic and contaminated waste. Recyclables will be sent to recycling companies and wet waste will be used for compost making or disposed of in waste disposal sites.
The "My 2010 Schools Adventure" campaign is a partnership between the OC and the Departments of Education, Sports and Recreation and Arts and Culture, and focuses on education and participation by 12 million learners and educators.
A Schools Football World Cup is planned targeting 10,000 school teams across the country in the following categories - boys and girls U14 & U18, disabled U12 & U16. Schools across the country will adopt the symbolically adopt the 32 2010 FIFA World Cup participating countries in association with the 32 foreign missions of the participating World Cup countries.
In total, 120,000 complimentary category 4 tickets (3.6 per cent of the total inventory) will be awarded through this initiative to residents of South Africa by FIFA and the Organising Committee, with the support of the six FIFA Partners (adidas, Coca-Cola, Emirates, Hyundai/Kia, Sony and Visa).
The aim of the Ticket Fund is to make 2010 FIFA World Cup matches more accessible to those who would otherwise not have the means to purchase tickets. Tickets will not simply be given as handouts but as a reward or incentive for people, in particular South African youth participating in, or contributing to social and human development activities. The initiative also aims to uplift existing programmes by encouraging participation and act as a catalyst for the establishment of new social and human development programmes.
The primary target of the programmes supported by the Ticket Fund is young South Africans who cannot afford to purchase a match ticket. Altogether, about 12,000,000 children, primarily through schools-related projects, could be incentivised to embark on a journey of learning through projects supported by the Ticket Fund. Children will gain a better understanding of environmental issues such as the importance of recycling and learn about HIV/Aids prevention amongst other important life skills.
However, the initiative will also recognise the contribution or achievement of adults from the industrial and tourism sectors who have passed through financial literacy programmes and teachers who are teaching students the importance of recycling as well as community leaders working in the area of HIV/Aids prevention. As many as 1,000,000 adults will be directly engaged by Ticket Fund programmes.
For each participant in a Ticket Fund programme, their journey begins when they participate in one of the projects supported by the initiative. All of the programmes are focused on one or more of three core areas - health, education and the environment, with the final key area of infrastructure represented by the involvement of the construction workers.
According to research by Grant Thornton, the 2010 FIFA World Cup will contribute R55.7 billion to the South African economy, generate 415,400 jobs and contribute R19.3 billion in tax income to Government.
The firm estimates that 483,257 tourists will spend around R8,5 billion during their stay in South Africa.
The millions of visitors who will pour into the country during the event will boost opportunities in accommodation, health services, travel services, short-term insurance, event management, logistics, arts, crafts and entertainment - to name but a few.
Over 9 million tourists visited SA in 2008, this is still expected this to grow to 10 million in 2010 despite economic slowdown.
In a top month we already host almost 870 000 foreign tourists & 250 000 air arrivals.
The World Cup has been a catalyst for the building of around 25 new hotels in South Africa in the last couple of years.
More than 20 000 jobs were created for the construction of the World Cup stadiums. Construction workers on these stadiums were given extensive skills training which will enable them to meet the much needed demand for skilled workers on other construction projects post 2010.
4000 South Africans who volunteered for the FIFA Confederations Cup now have experience of a major football event. In the 2010 FIFA World Cup, 15,000 volunteers - the majority of them South Africans - will also get experience working on a major event.
The OC has committed to using Black Economic Empowerment companies and Small Medium and Micro Enterprises. By 30 September 2008 55% of the organisation's spend was through BEE companies and 26% through SMMEs.
The South African Government's contribution to World Cup-related projects is R28 billion. The infrastructure development being done for the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be in use well after the tournament as South Africa's road, air and sporting infrastructure is improved considerably for 2010 and beyond.
Stadium and precinct development: R9.
Safety and security: R1.
Ports of entry infrastructure: R3.
These figures are national government spend and exclude the amounts spent by the nine 2010 FIFA World Cup host cities in preparing for the tournament.
Government is well on track with the rollout of the R13.6 billion Public Transport Infrastructure and Systems Fund Projects.
o BRT systems, public transport corridors, inter-modal facilities, freeway expansions and road upgrades.
ACSA is also spending R19.5 billion on airport upgrades to deal with planned capacity increases during and after the tournament - with South Africa's airports increasing their passenger capacity substantially in many areas such as parking, check-in facilities and baggage processing.
The six new stadiums being built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup will provide South Africa with a number of world class sporting facilities which are sure to enable South Africa to attract more sporting events in the future.
The 32 teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup will each have a team base camp - this is a hotel coupled with a training ground which the teams will use on non-match days. They will fly into the host city the day before a match and fly back out on match day or the day after - depending on how far their base camp is from the match venue.
To date 55 potential training sites have been identified around South Africa. Many of the teams have already been to the country to view the facilities and the hotels. All of the 32 teams need to identify their base camp by the end of the year.
All of the training sites need to meet FIFA requirements. Therefore a further 32 training sites will be upgraded to meet the needs of the teams. After the tournament it is the communities around these stadiums that will benefit from having improved sports facilities.