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Worth a read: the good and the bad of the World Cup so far, from a fan ‘who was there’

Posted on 5 Jul 2010 - by liz In: 2010 Soccer World Cup, Fan Parks, Getting to the Games, Public transport Johannesburg, South African soccer, Soweto, Sporting event, Tourist attraction, Transport, Transport to the games, World Cup Soccer 2010

See this link
http://www.meniscuszine.com/sports/world-cup-20100704/

To be truly tourist friendly Joburg needs to solve its public transport problems

Posted on 29 Jun 2010 - by liz In: 2010 Soccer World Cup, Gautrain, Getting to the Games, Public transport Johannesburg, South African soccer, Transport, Transport to the games, World Cup Soccer 2010

Mail and Guardian (June 18-24; Vol 26 no 23 p 12)) ran an article by Duduzile Mathebula entitled ‘We love you South Africa – World Cup tourists give the country the thumbs up but public transport is a major gripe’. It seems that most of the foreign visitors are ‘overwhelmingly positive’ about their initial experiences [...]

The highs and lows of day 1 of the World Cup, especially traffic issues

Posted on 12 Jun 2010 - by liz In: 2010 Soccer World Cup, Fan Parks, Getting to the Games, Liz at Lancaster Guest House, Public transport Johannesburg, South African soccer, Soweto, Transport to the games, World Cup Soccer 2010

The event that we have all been waiting for since the announcement in 2005 is finally here … and despite some serious traffic and transport hitches, it all went well on the FIRST big day. Lots of hoarse voices amongst Safricans today as well as much babbelaas (See blog post dated 31st May on SA slang) !
Traffic [...]