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Article: Transport glitches remain.(2010 World Cup)(Letter to the editor)
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- African Business
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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It was fantastic to read that preparations for Africa's greatest sports spectacular are on track. The success of the Fifa 2010 Soccer World Cup will go a long way to finally dispel the notion that Africa lacks the forethought, organisation and capability to host such an event.
The progress in preparing the 10 stadiums where the matches will be held is reassuring. However, speaking to South Africans, the remaining doubts are less about hotel capacity than the country's transport infrastructure.
Travelling through Johannesburg's Oliver Tambo International Airport last February, I was fascinated to see that the Gautrain was so close to completion. This ...