2010 FIFA World Cup

How to use Google Maps for your business

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0200

<>Thousands of South African businesses and website owners are already making the most out of Google Maps since the product launched locally last year. If you're not already using the free offerings in Maps to improve your business web presence quickly, cheaply and easily ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, here are a few tips to make you and your business more Maps-savvy. [video]
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2010 mobile advertising boom in SA, Africa?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:32:00 +0200

<>There is a clear indication that the South African mobile advertising sector is headed towards a massive boom as the 2010 FIFA World Cup draws near - thanks to the phenomenal growth of the continent's cellphone market and soccer passion.
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World Cup matches to be in 3D

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:35:00 +0200

<>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.
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Green sponsor for 2010

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:54:00 +0200

In a statement released jointly with world football's governing body FIFA, Yingli Green Energy announced this week that it has become the first renewable energy company to sponsor the FIFA World Cup and the first Chinese company to seal a global sponsorship deal with FIFA.
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Unite Mzansi Unite campaign arrives in KZN

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:40:00 +0200

On Thursday, 4 February 2010, the gigantic Bafana Bafana jersey, a symbol of the Unite Mzansi Unite campaign, crossed the border from the Eastern Cape into KwaZulu-Natal, after a month tour of the Eastern Cape. The jersey was signed by Premier Dr Zweli Mkhize, adding to the list of other high-profile government leaders such as Jacob Zuma, Helen Zille and Noxolo Kiviet.
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McDonald's creates opportunity for South African kids

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:51:00 +0200

<>The McDonald's Player Escort Programme launched last week to find 1200 South African children who will form part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup proceedings by walking hand-in-hand with world-renowned football players onto the pitch before each game.
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FIFA says it respects media freedom

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:19:00 +0200

<>NEWSWATCH: Following media outrage at what many viewed as the soccer body's overly restrictive and dictatorial conditions media would be obliged to adhere to in reporting on the World Cup, FIFA now says that the conditions weren't and have “never been, to restrict press freedom”, reports IOL, which also reports that the SA Students' Congress is none too pleased with the media and its reporting on the addition to the president's growing brood.
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Puma inspired by Africa's football passion, music, diversity

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:19:00 +0200

<>Football in Africa is followed fanatically and passionately from South Africa to Sudan, Burundi to Burkino Faso, Mali to Malawi, Nigeria to Algeria, and from Tunisia to Tanzania. Football to Africans is much more than competition and winning trophies. When it is played, everything comes to a standstill.
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FIFA accused of ‘bullying', dictatorial' tactics

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:15:00 +0200

<>Local journalists have accused world football governing body FIFA of acting as a bunch of ‘bullies' and ‘dictators' with a neo-colonialist mentality, following what analysts see as ‘unreasonable' media restrictions on the 2010 FIFA World Cup coverage. Meanwhile, the South African media accreditation deadline is being extended.
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It's a wrap for FNB

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:47:00 +0200

<>Reportedly, the largest building wrap in Port Elizabeth has been erected by Tractor Outdoor Eastern Cape managed the project from inception to completion on behalf of First National Bank as part of its World Cup 2010 campaign.
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