100 days to Afcon 2013 kick-off

The biennial competition will be staged in five South African cities, between 19 January and 10 February. The opening and closing matches will take place at Johannesburg's FNB Stadium (formerly Soccer City), and the other matches take place at Durban, Port Elizabeth, Rustenburg and Nelspruit.

Facing two major Afcon events, Gauteng MEC for Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation Lebogang Maile called on "all Gauteng citizens to get ready for the tournament, buy tickets and rally behind the tournament to ensure that it becomes a success." Everyone should start wearing green and gold and fly the South African flag high, Maile said, adding that the department has planned a number of campaigns, leading up to the tournament. These include Magnificent Fridays, public screening of the Afcon draw, the Mandela Challenge and Bafana Bafana matches, Allafrica.com reports.

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