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March 29 - April 4, 2010
INSIDE • Mokoena has his eyes on the prize • South Africa are just three steps from heaven
• One goal for President Zuma • Visitors set for the perfect balance • Just how much do you know about the Rainbow Nation?
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The hosts are just three steps from football heaven RAINBOW NATION WILL ILLUMINATE WORLD CUP By Rodney Hinds VEN IF you don’t recognise goal post from a lamp post you cannot fail to have understood the significance of the first World Cup finals be staged on African soil. With African players gracefully and continually plying their trades in almost every league in the world, it is only fitting that the honour of stag-
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ing a World Cup should now go to an African nation. South Africa have gained that right and privilege and the
surely only positives can be taken from the staging of a global sports event that kicks off on June 11 and climaxes on
“The tournament needs Bafana Bafana to do well’’ world awaits to see if they can deliver. While praise and criticism abounds in equal measure,
July 11. The opening and closing matches will be played at the 94,000 capacity Soccer City in
Johannesburg. It is an imposing modern stadium which bears testimony to what progress has been made since apartheid ceased. Africa’s first World Cup will doubtless be a memorable event but what it really needs to give the occasion a fillip is for the host nation, known as Bafana Bafana, to do well. The hosts could be just three steps from heaven and the second round if they can see off Mexico, Uraguay and France in the opening skirmishes. Their football dream can truly come alive after that. The legend that is Pele once alluded that one day an African nation would capture football’s ultimate prize. The chances increase every four years as African nations and their respective players add profes-
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sional savvy to their obvious physical and technical gifts. Joining South Africa at soccer’s top table in a few months will be Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria. Football’s global showcase will be all the better – and brighter – with Africa’s finest ready, willing and able to com-
pete with the very best. Bafana Bafana - led by captain Aaron Mokoena - and boosted by Premier League stars such as Benni McCarthy and Steven Pienaar can further add to the feelgood factor surrounding African football if they can help the so called Rainbow Nation illuminate the World Cup.
SOUTH AFRICA’S WORLD CUP STATS
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SEATS OF POWER: Soccer City in Johannesburg hosts the first and last games of the 2010 World Cup
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South Africa are ranked 85th in the world according to FIFA, football’s world governing body
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World Cup record – 1998 (1st round), 2002 (1st round)
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Route to 2010 – as hosts
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Coach – Carlos Alberto Parriera from Brazil aged 66. Appointed October 2009
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World Cup experience – as a player none. As a coach: Kuwait (1982),
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IN CHARGE: South Africa coach Parriera
THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN FRIDAY, 11 JUNE 2010 South Africa v Mexico, Gp A,
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WEDNESDAY, 16 JUNE 2010 South Africa v Uruguay, Gp A, 19:30 TUESDAY, 22 JUNE 2010 France v South Africa, Gp A,
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Eyes on the prize By Rodney Hinds OUTH AFRICA’S World Cup captain, Aaron Mokoena, has his eyes on the prize. The Bafana Bafana team leader is convinced that his nation can lift the ultimate football trophy come the final at the 94,000 seater Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg on July 11. Mokoena told the Voice of Sport: “I don’t just want to enjoy the moment I want to lift the trophy.” Mokoena, who plays for troubled Portsmouth in the Premier League, is not one for outlandish statements, rather his belief captures the mood of a nation. His country will create history when the World Cup kicks off on June 11. It will become the first African nation to play host to the greatest football show on earth and Mokoena is in good shape to handle the expectancy. “It means a lot to the people. They are all proud. It means a lot to everyone from Africa, not just South Africans. “I’ve been fortunate enough to have played in a World Cup in Japan in 2002. The fact that South Africa was to host the biggest event ever is incredible. I always felt the event would come to Africa.” There is a real possibility that Mokoena will celebrate his 100th appearance for his country during the World Cup showcase. He has been a talisman for Bafana Bafna and feels that he deserves the honour of leading his country out when they play the opening match against Mexico. “I have been so loyal to my country and served them well. I think I deserve to be leading the team into the new stadiums, I feel so privileged. “It is a challenge that I am looking forward to. I have overcome so many challenges throughout my career at a young age.” Mokoena’s nomadic football journey began while playing on the dusty pitches located in the township in Boipatong. It was there that he honed
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his skills as a professional footballer, falling on the hard surface but resolutely always willing to get up again to compete. “It was here that I that I combined my passion of football and basketball everyday only to decide that football would be the one for me. “I’ve sacrificed in order to do
young age was one of the best decisions I have ever made and travelling has played a big role in my life. “My journey has been a memorable one with many feats that I and my family are extremely proud of.” Mokoena’s career really took off at the age of 17 when he was called in to the national
“I don’t just want to enjoy the moment - I want to lift the trophy” well and here I am today.” Helping the player known as The Axe with his challenges has been his mother who he cites as his inspiration. “My mum encouraged me in so many ways. She was the pillar in the family. I really wanted to do well at school but football distracted the whole plan but I have no regrets or complaints. “I have managed to travel the world, to taste the culture of different countries and different people. I matured at a young age. “Leaving South Africa at a
squad following impressive form at Jomo Cosmos and Ajax Cape Town. Among his many impressive personal landmarks is his record of being the youngest ever player to represent his country. After success at home he would pack his bags and move to Europe where he played for Bayer Leverkusen, Ajax and lastly Genk before moving to the English Premier League to sign for Blackburn Rovers and Portsmouth. Now Mokoena, 29, is determined to make a difference to
role football can play not the lives of the many only in creating and underprivileged young peoimproving the skills and ple in his homeland. He performance of young launched the Aaron players but also M o k o e n a the key role Foundation in football can January 27, play as a 2010 at the mechaS o u t h n i s m Africa t h a t H i g h plays a Commission in cenuniquely broader tral London. role in society by The inspiration for bringing commuthe Foundation is nities together. Mokoena’s desire to The plan is to improve opportuniLEADER: Captain Mokoena ready for work in partnerties for children and the world ship with a young people to broad range of access high quality organisations football experiences to shape, in South Africa. design and Underpinning the deliver a range Foundation's ethos is an of safe, stimuunderstanding of the
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Just one goal for Zuma By Rodney Hinds OUTH AFRICA’S Jacob Zuma was only the third South African President to be invited by the Queen to visit the UK since democracy in South Africa in 1994 following in the footsteps of former Presidents’ Mandela and Mbeki. Alongside Aaron Mokoena, captain of the South African national team, President Zuma visited Buckingham Palace and Downing Street to mark the state visit. On March 4 Mokoena, who is also a 1GOAL Ambassador, was presented alongside England vice-captain, Steven Gerrard to President Zuma and Prime Minister Gordon Brown at number 10 Downing
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Street. The 2018 England Bid Team, headed by Lord Treisman (Chairman of England 2018 Bid team) hosted a press conference at Wembley stadium to mark President Zuma’s visit. Members of the panel included President Zuma, Danny Jordaan (CEO South Africa World Cup Organising Committee) and Baroness Kinnock (Minister for Africa) This was followed by a presentation to promote the 1 Goal Education for all campaign. Mokoena Aaron, alongside Baroness Kinnock outlined the reasons for his involvement to an audience that included President Zuma, England manager Fabio Cappelo and Liverpool
legend John Barnes. Mokoena told the audience: “Education is important to me and I am committed to supporting 1 Goal.
LEADERSHIP “I am delighted that President Zuma has decided that South Africa will host a summit for education. Under President Zuma’s leadership South Africa has made huge strides in getting all of its children into school and now the challenge is for us to spread across the continent. “Now is the time for the international community to act and establish a legacy from this year’s World Cup that will benefit millions of children.”
FAMOUS FOUR: (from left to right) England captain Steven Gerrard, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, President Zuma and Mrs Tobeka Zuma at 10 Downing Street
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Focus of the world set to target South Africa JUST HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE AFRICAN NATION SET TO HOST THE GREATEST FOOTBALL SHOW ON EARTH?
SOUTH AFRICA will be the focus of global attention when the World Cup kicks off on June 11. Ben Lettman highlights 20 things about the African country creating history by staging the greatest football show on earth… • The capital city is Pretoria. • South Africa has the world's 22nd-largest economy by gross domestic product. • The African nation is the world's 32nd-largest country by land area, and 28th-largest by population. • South Africa completely surrounds the country of Lesotho and almost completely surrounds Swaziland. By area, the country is one-eighth of the size of the United States, just over a third of the size of the European Union, and twice as big as France and nearly four times the size of Germany. • South Africa has the world's 32nd-largest labour force. It is the 17th-largest global producer of electricity, has the 15th-longest network of railway tracks in the world, and the 17th-longest length of roadways. • The country is made up of nine provinces: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape • There are 11 official languages: Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sepedi, Sesotho,
Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda and Xitsonga • The population of South Africa is approximately 47.9million. • The national currency is the rand. R1 = 100 cents • Until 1994, the country was known for apartheid - whiteminority rule. • Now ruled by a democratic government of all races, South Africa is often referred to as the “rainbow nation", a phrase coined by Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu. • Africans are in the majority at 37.7 million, making up 79.5% of the total population. The white population is estimated at 4.4 million (9.2%), the coloured population at 4.2-million (8.9%) and the Indian-Asian population at 1.2million (2.5%). • In May 2004 Fifa president Sepp Blatter announced that South Africa had beaten four other countries to win the right to host the Football World Cup in 2010 - the first time the festival of soccer will be held on African soil. • Christianity is the most widely
recognised religion in South Africa, with 75 per cent of the population following the faith, 21 per cent has no religious affiliation and among the rest of South African’s religions are Muslim, Hindu and Jewish. • 20 per cent of the world’s gold is mined in South Africa. • The only street in the world to house two Nobel Peace Prize winners is in Soweto. Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu both have houses in Vilakazi Street, Orlando West. • Four of the five fastest land animals live in South Africa – the cheetah (70 mph), wildebeest, lion and Thomson’s Gazelle (all timed at an average of 50 mph). • The first multi-racial parliament was elected in 1994. Nelson Mandela—winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 in conjunction with former President Frederik W. de Klerk—became the new president, and the black homelands were abolished. • Exports include gold, diamonds, platinum, minerals and machinery. • Agricultural items include corn, wheat, sugarcane and fruits.
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COMMON GOALS PIONEER: Johanneson
SOUTH AFRICA DUO LEAVE THEIR MARK By John Portch VERTON’S STEVEN Pienaar was not the first black South African left winger to bring his pace and panache to the English game. That honour belongs to Albert Johanneson, the former Leeds United star who lit up Elland Road with his dazzling displays in the 1960s. Like Pienaar, Johanneson possessed explosive pace and a beguiling array of tricks. He was a significant creative outlet in the early ascendency of Don Revie’s Leeds side just as Pienaar is crucial to Everton’s current ambitions. Yet more striking are the contrasts between the careers of a teenager who honed his skills in apartheid Johannesburg and a boy who learnt his trade on those same streets four decades later in the era of the emerging Rainbow Nation. Pienaar’s career trajectory follows the well-worn path of the gifted African boy who makes his name in Europe. Plucked from Ajax’s Cape Town franchise and taken to Amsterdam at the age of 18, a young Pienaar played in Holland’s Eredevisie for five seasons before finding his way
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to Merseyside via a spell in the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund. His loan move from the German giants was made permanent for £2million in 2008. This institutionalised process is in stark contrast to t h e
informal phone call of recommendation made by Johanneson’s school teacher to Leeds in 1960-1. The 21-year-old left
tially enquired if he was permitted to join his white colleagues in the team bath. They responded by stripp i n g ACCOMPLISHED: Pienaar
him of his kit and throwing him in. This gesture of acceptance was unprecedented for a young man who had been schooled under the racist apartheid regime. Pienaar is a proud torch bearer of South African football. The Everton star has won 38 caps for Bafana Bafana as the nation prepares to host
“Albert was quite a brave man to actually go on the pitch in the first place” Johannesburg for a threemonth trial with the Second Division outfit before impressing Revie enough to earn a permanent deal in April 1961. A timorous Johanneson ini-
Africa’s first World Cup. It is a scenario unimaginable in Johanneson’s day. At Leeds the winger was finally being judged on his footballing merit and it
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inspired a series of wondrous displays as he established himself as a first-team regular. Johanneson quickly won over fans who appreciated the spontaneity and exuberance he brought to Revie’s prosaic side. He helped Leeds stave off relegation to the third tier in 1962 and was joint top scorer with 13 goals as they clinched promotion to the First Division in 1964. Disappointment beckoned the following May as Manchester United pipped Leeds to the title on goal difference, while Liverpool defeated them 2-1 in the FA Cup final. Johanneson did not shine on the Wembley turf but his place as the first black footballer to have played a starring role in English football’s showpiece occasion was a triumph for black football. Though he would not have known it as he ascended to the Royal Box to collect his runners-up medal, Johanneson’s career had reached its zenith. He was a man of brittle confidence and was never quite able to match the lustre of his early seasons. By 1970 he was deemed surplus to requirements by Revie. He departed for York City and
retired in 1971. Johanneson died alone in a Leeds council flat in 1995, aged 55, after years of alcohol abuse. Perhaps the most fitting tribute came from fellow football wizard and alcoholic, George Best. “Albert was quite a brave man to actually go on the pitch in the first place, wasn't he? And he went out and did it. He had a lot of skill. “A nice man as well, which is, I suppose, the more important thing, isn’t it? More important than anything.” Johanneson’s FA Cup final odyssey was retraced by Pienaar last season when the Toffees fell 2-1 to Chelsea. But while Johanneson never topped his day in the spotlight Pienaar has been able to reapply himself to Everton’s cause despite a pending drink-driving charge and a lawsuit concerning an ex-girlfriend. If Johanneson suffered from a lack of adaptability, an affliction that blights many wide men, Pienaar suffers no
such limitations. His accomplished performance in the midfield holding role for Ajax against Arsenal in 2002 is testament to that. But it is in attack where he continues to flourish, contributing seven goals so far this season. “He won’t be among the contenders for Footballer of the Year, but there haven’t been too many more consistent players,” said Jamie Redknapp in the Daily Mail recently. “He travels all over the pitch, left and right, wants the ball and makes things happen. He has good balance, can pass and dribble with both feet and scores goals. I’m not surprised other clubs are looking at him.” With his off-field problems Pienaar can fall upon a support network that was never available to Johanneson. If the Everton winger can put his personal problems aside he is capable of writing a momentous chapter in African football history.
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Visitors set for a perfect balance NEW CAMPAIGN THEME FOR UK MARKET REVEALED OUTH AFRICAN Tourism has launched an exciting and new element to its successful ‘My South African Feast’ campaign, with a focus on health and wellness, designed to create the perfect-
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ly balanced trip for potential visitors. Over the past year, the South African Tourism campaign has focused on the country’s food and wine and literal feasting. While South African PICTURESQUE: Cape Town
Tourism will continue to promote this key driver for tourism, the new wellness campaign builds on the success of the campaign to date and aims to uncover South Africa’s strength as a destination that is a feast for all the senses: a place where it’s possible to take in sights, sounds, and smells that rejuvenate and refresh. New promotions that highlight memorable experiences that offer value for money in South Africa will all be featured via multiple platforms, appealing to both the trade and consumer audiences. The key theme will be how indigenous African products, such as Rooibos - the plant used to make herbal South African red tea – are being
integrated into Western practices such as spa treatments. As part of this theme, South African Tourism has announced details of a partnership with Conde Nast Traveller, which targets travellers who wish to relax and get away. The Conde Nast Group will be working with South African Tourism to create a booklet, entitled Z-A: The Undiscovered Address Book to South Africa which will provide the reader with an instant insight into the well-known and as yet undiscovered aspect of the destination. The magazine has run a competition for two lucky readers to win a trip to South Africa. Those who have trav-
elled to South Africa, will be encouraged to submit their own first-hand accounts of their experiences in South Africa and those who have not visited will be asked to share their aspirations about the destination. On completion of their trip the winner will be asked to submit a video diary which will be published on-line. Lebo Mokhesi, Country Manager for South African Tourism in the UK explains the concept behind the campaign: “This year we are looking to build on the success of our ‘Feast’ campaign by highlighting a new reason for people to visit. Unique spa and wellness experiences are possible in the country at great value for
money thanks to a very favourable exchange rate. “There is an enormous variety of experiences on offer in South Africa. Whether visitors are looking to get a taste of our food and wine; interested in wellness; or want to try their hand at activity and adventure - South Africa offers something for everyone.”
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Advancing knowledge and leadership through community development By Milton Boyce RENEWAL, ADVANCEMENT, Financial Freedom, Autonomy (RAFFA0, Mandela House Museum and Mbuyisa School of Art & Culture are working together to raise awareness and opportunities for young people and adults to experience the benefits of collaboration within their local communities. Mandela House Museum is a leading centre for the preservation, presentation, and research of the history, heritage and legacy of the great Mandela Family. The Mbuyisa School of Art & Culture, provides after-school activities for children and young people and co-ordinate QYD Breakfast Club. RAFFA will facilitate the introduction of programme partners who have a proven track record of achievement and expertise in the provision of community-based services: · Horizons Regeneration Initiative (HRI), aims to promote links between physical development and economic regeneration for the benefit of
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socially excluded communities. · Community Health, Enterprise, Learning & Skills ( CHELAS ) supports social transformation. Its purpose is to implement the provision of community development as a service, by mobilising intellectual capital and collaborative
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By Ben Lettman HILE SOUTH Africa’s men may take centre stage at this summer’s World Cup, the country’s women footballers have a decent pedigree of their own. Banyana Banyana, as the South Africa women's side are known, played their first international in May 1993 when they entertained Swaziland at the Milpark Stadium in Johannesburg. It took just three minutes for them to register their first goal and by the
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end of the game they had scored a further 13. Their 14-0 victory remains a record for any South African side. Terry Paine, a member of the England squad that won the World Cup in 1966, was the first coach of the women's team and has since been followed by Sandile Bali, Ephraim Mashaba and the Peruvian Augusto Palacios. The current coach is August Makalakalane, who was a member of the men's team that won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1996. Makalakalane also played at FC Zurich and FC Baden in Switzerland and is a product of a new generation of foreigntrained coaches who have returned home to South Africa to impart their knowledge to a new generation. The influence of Fran Hilton-Smith in establishing equality for the women's game in South Africa, cannot not be
underestimated. Hilton-Smith, a FIFA instructor and former Banyana Banyana player, has served as a coach and team manager for over a decade and has been an extremely influential individual for hundreds of players, including Portia Modise. Modise finished in the top three in the voting for the 2006 CAF Women's Footballer of the Year award and was selected to play in the all-stars squad in the match which preceded the official draw for the FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007. She is the latest footballer to enjoy a high profile in South Africa, preceded by former captain Desiree Ellis, who went on to become a successful television pundit and Gloria Hlalele, who was famous for playing in a men's team and then later owned and managed her own side in the top amateur divisions.
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