2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa
The 2010 FIFA World Cup™ soccer tournament will be held in nine cities across South Africa from June 11 to July 11, 2010. The FIFA World Cup™ is the biggest sporting event in the world.
Host cities and stadiums of the 2010 FIFA World Cup:
- Cape Town
- Green Point Stadium
- Durban
- Durban Stadium
- Johannesburg
- Ellis Park Stadium
- Soccer City Stadium
- Mangaung/Bloemfontein
- Free State Stadium
- Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth
- Port Elizabeth Stadium
- Nelspruit
- Mbombela Stadium
- Polokwane
- Peter Mokaba Stadium
- Rustenburg
- Royal Bafokeng Stadium
- Tshwane/Pretoria
- Loftus Versfeld Stadium
Special visa for South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs is to issue special “event visas” for soccer fans coming to the 2009 Fifa Confederations Cup and 2010 Fifa World Cup, enabling fans to use dedicated counters at major airports around the world for pre-clearance before they arrive in the country.
South African immigration officials - who are able to speak in several languages - will be stationed at several of the busiest airports around the world, including in the UK, India, Dubai and Hong Kong, where fans will be able to go through a free pre-screening and pre-clearance process.
The immigration officials will also be equipped with hi-tech devices for scanning passports or travel documents. By electronically capturing information from the documents, officials will save time by not having to type in information.
Those passengers who have received pre-clearance by South African immigration officials will be able to arrive in South Africa and go straight through to baggage collection and on to customs.
(Source: southafrica.info)
