Archive for February, 2009

World Cup Host Cities of South Africa

Monday, February 16th, 2009

In my previous post I wrote about on world cup 2010 stadiums with their images. Now heres an outline of South Africa with its 9 host cities.
world cup 2010 host cities
I am sure most of you are planning to be there to watch the mega event. As the place would be completely new for you. And you may find difficulty to reach your destination in time. Don’t worry here are some official addresses which certainly will help you to get your destinations conveniently. Just note down in your personal diary before you leave for SA ;) .

Introducing Zakumi - the Official Mascot of world cup soccer 2010 SA

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Meet Zakumi, he is guide and a good friend for the visitors, fans, players during the World cup tournament 2010 South Africa. You will find him all the way during Soccer Mega Event. But how will you recognize him? Yeah, I have pasted his snap below. Hope that will help.

zakumi south africa 2010
(Image source - www.sa2010. gov. za)

Btw what does Zakumi mean? ‘Zakumi’, a composition of ‘ZA’ standing for South Africa and ‘kumi’, which translates into ‘10′ in several languages in Africa.

Few words about Zakumi. He is friendly, warm-hearted, caring, self-confident, adventurous and actually quite shrewd tiny fellow. He loves to perform and always follows his instinct and intuition, yet sometimes has the tendency to exaggerate a bit. He loves making friends thats why till now he has become friends of millions of soccer fans across the world.

Btw I want to warn all the bad people out there. Do not ever try to create violence during the mega event. Else Zakumi will catch you and cause damage. He is very dangerous coz he is a big brother of Leopard. How come he is big brother of Leopard? Coz he’s got sense. His only goal is to maintain peace during the event and make that event successful and remarkable in the world cup history.

So friends meet Zakumi if you visit South Africa to enjoy World Cup Soccer 2010.