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Article: 2010: too much of a good thing? As we continue to monitor South Africa's preparations for the 2010 World Cup, we have received assurances that contrary to the pessimistic note in our last issue, the country is well on track to achieve all of its infrastructure plans. The problem, now, as Tom Nevin reports, is that it might be too preoccupied with 2010.(South Africa)
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- African Business
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- May 1, 2007
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Minds are resting easier now that officialdom has assured football fans that South Africa will have its string of avant-garde stadiums grassed up and in trim in time for the 2010 soccer world cup. More comfort has arrived with the news that the super-fast Gautrain will be ready to leave the stations ahead of the first kick-off, and that a beefed-up high-tech transport system of buses, trains and taxis will be available South Africa-wide to shift the football faithful around.
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Accommodation will be sufficient, hospitality experts say after crunching the numbers of fans and tourists expected for the event. The green brigade has retreated, ...