Durban Stadium- Getting ready for FIFA 2010

A look at stadium progress for FIFA 2010: DURBAN STADIUM

Fifa World Cup 2010 kicking off with music extravaganza

Next year’s World Cup in South Africa will kick off with a live music spectacular featuring African artists as well as a cluster of international, organisers said on Wednesday.

Kevin Wall, producer Live Earth, is working with Fifa to produce a primetime concert in Soweto’s newly-renovated Orlando stadium on June 10, eve of the official World Cup opening.

“It will be one of the greatest live shows ever to come out of Africa,” Wall told a press conference held at the world’s biggest TV trade show, MIPCOM.

“This is the first time we are doing something for Africa and an overwhelming number of international artists want to participate,” he said.

“This will be a unique blend culturally that has never been done before,” he said.

Football fans can also look forward to special appearances by past and present football legends.

South African film and TV production companies are out in force at the four-day MIPCOM trade show with South African football-themed programmes that are attracting unprecedented interest from countries worldwide.

“There has been high interest at this market,” Azania Muendane, who heads up marketing for South Africa’s national film and video foundation, told AFP.

“It’s a real catalyst for us and attracting a lot of interest across the board in our programmes from all broadcasters,” she added.

50,000 tickets will be sold for the show, aired on free TV channels worldwide. Tickets go on sale at the beginning of 2010.

Net proceeds from the sale of tickets will go to the FIFA World Cup South Africa’s “20 Centers for 2010″ campaign to build 20 planned Football For Hope centres, FIFA’s Director of television, Niclas Ericson told a press conference.

The golden oldies

With all the crazy good changes taking place in Cape Town (and the rest of SA) in preparation for the world cup 2010, I thought a rewind was in order.

Adderley Street

Cable car

Camps Bay, when bikinis were made of more fabric.

Cape Town Airport, not as International back then.

Cape Town Station

The foreshore

Cape Town Harbour...how awesome are those cars!

Newlands cricket grounds, almost unrecognisable.

Yes, it's the N1!

Muizenberg Pavillion

Sea Pint Pavillion

Well, as they say Nothing changes, nothing changes.