Polokwane,formerly and also known as Pietersburg,is the capital city of the Limpopo Province in South Africa. It is the country's largest urban centre north of Gauteng. It was one of the nine host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup,the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations. In 2004,the international football federation,FIFA,selected South Africa over Egypt and Morocco to become the first African nation to host the finals.
KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu and Natal Province.
Albert Roger Miller,known as Roger Milla,is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was one of the first African players to be a major star on the international stage. He played in three World Cups for the Cameroon national team.
Potchefstroom,colloquially known as Potch,is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstroom is on the Mooirivier,roughly 120 km (75 mi) west-southwest of Johannesburg and 45 km (28 mi) east-northeast of Klerksdorp.
Eskom Hld SOC Ltd or Eskom (Afrikaans:Elektrisiteitsvoorsieningskommissie) is a South African electricity public utility. Eskom was established in 1923 as the Electricity Supply Commission (ESCOM). Eskom represents South Africa in the Southern African Power Pool. The utility is the largest producer of electricity in Africa,and was among the top utilities in the world in terms of generation capacity and sales. It is the largest of South Africa's state owned enterprises. Eskom operates a number of notable power stations,including Matimba Power Station and Medupi Power Station in Lephalale,Kusile Power Station in Witbank,Kendal Power Station,and Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in the Western Cape Province,the only nuclear power plant in Africa.
The DR Congo National Football Team,recognised by FIFA as Congo DR,represents the Democratic Republic of the Congo in men's international football and it is controlled by the Congolese Association Football Federation. They are nicknamed Les Léopards,meaning The Leopards. The team is a member of FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Daniel Alexander "Danny" Jordaan is the president of the South African Football Association (SAFA). He is a former lecturer,politician and anti-apartheid activist. He led South Africa's successful 2010 FIFA World Cup bid,the first successful one for Africa,as well as the country's unsuccessful bid four years earlier for the 2006 FIFA World Cup,and was the chief executive officer of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. He is also the former Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality,having served from May 2015 until August 2016.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is one of eight metropolitan municipalities in South Africa. It is located on the shores of Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape province and comprises the city of Gqeberha,the nearby towns of Uitenhage and Despatch,and the surrounding rural area.
First National Bank Stadium or simply FNB Stadium,also known as Soccer City and The Calabash,is an association football (soccer) and Rugby union stadium located in Nasrec,bordering the Soweto area of Johannesburg,South Africa. The site is managed by Stadium Management South Africa (SMSA) and is home of Kaizer Chiefs F.C. in the South African Premier Soccer League as well as the venue for key fixtures for the South Africa national football team.
Vodacom Group Limited is a South African mobile communications company,providing voice,messaging,data and converged services to over 130 million customers across Africa. From its roots in South Africa,Vodacom has grown its operations to include networks in Tanzania,the Democratic Republic of the Congo,Mozambique,and Lesotho,and provides business services to customers in over 32 African countries,including Nigeria,Zambia,Angola,Kenya,Ghana,Côte d'Ivoire,and Cameroon.
The Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace is a football,rugby and athletics stadium in Phokeng near Rustenburg,South Africa. It was built and is managed by the Royal Bafokeng Nation. It was used as the home stadium for Premier Soccer League club Platinum Stars. The Leopards rugby team host large attendance matches during the Currie Cup at the stadium,instead of their usual home ground,Olën Park.
Lawrence Siphiwe Dambuza Tshabalala is a South African professional football player who most recently played as a midfielder for AmaZulu.
Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan is a politician and anti-apartheid activist who has held various ministerial posts in the Cabinet of South Africa. He served as Minister of Finance from 2009 until 2014 and again from 2015 until 2017,as Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from 2014 until 2015,and as Minister of Public Enterprises since February 2018.
Kumi Naidoo is a human rights and climate justice activist. He was International Executive Director of Greenpeace International and Secretary General of Amnesty International. Naidoo served as the Secretary-General of CIVICUS,the international alliance for citizen participation,from 1998 to 2008. As a fifteen-year old,he organised students in school boycotts against the apartheid regime and its educational system in South Africa. Naidoo’s activism went from neighbourhood organising and community youth work to civil disobedience with mass mobilisations against the white controlled apartheid government. Naidoo is a co-founder of the Helping Hands Youth Organisation. He has written about his activism in this period in his memoirs titled,Letters to My Mother:The Making of a Troublemaker. In the book Naidoo recounts the day of his mother’s suicide when he was just 15 and how it became a catalyst for his journey into radical action against the Nationalist Party’s apartheid regime.
Shiaan-Bin Huang was a member of parliament of South Africa and member of the African National Congress (ANC). He was also regional chairman of the Inkatha Freedom Party before floor crossing to the ANC.
Augustine Makalakalane is a South African former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder.
Kumi Yokoyama is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Okayama Yunogo Belle and the Japan women's national team.
Retief Odendaal is a South African politician who served as the Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay from 21 September 2022 until his removal in a motion of no confidence on 26 May 2023. Before serving as mayor,he was a Member of the Provincial Legislature in the Eastern Cape for the Democratic Alliance and was the Shadow Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Finance,Rural Development and Agrarian Reform from May 2019 until August 2022.
Bet.co.za is a South African sports betting and entertainment company founded 2010. Bet.co.za offers online betting odds on soccer/football,horse racing,rugby,cricket,tennis,and other sports. Other types of games are offered,including Casino Games,Bet Games,Bet Spins (slots),and Lucky Numbers betting. Bet.co.za also operates Bet Central,a publisher of sports news and betting tips.
