Saturday, June 24, 2006

Is Cape Town ready for 2010 ?

By Lunga Guza

Readiness of Cape Town for the 2010 Soccer World Cup is still a burning issue. Today the Western Cape department of Cultural Affairs and Sport held a meeting with six regional representatives of the South Africa Football Association to discuss the readiness of the city for the tournament. Department MEC, Whitey Jacobs, says the outcomes of the congregation determined that the construction of the Green Point stadium should be given a go ahead. Jacobs added that the meeting decided that a Soccer Summit should be held to discuss provinces soccer development. Today’s meeting is a predecessor of the meeting that will take place on Monday between the Western Cape government and the City of Cape Town. The meeting will decide the future of the province during the 2010 Soccer World Cup tournament.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I know Cape Town will be ready on the WWW front ;)

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