South Africa: time to be a
good host!
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www.southafrica.info
As South Africa gears up to host the
world of football, South Africans are being called on to get behind
their national football team, to be a part of the buzz around the 2009
Fifa Confederations Cup and 2010 World Cup - and to be good hosts to
the football fans that visit the country.
Ke nako. It's time ...
HOW TO BE A GREAT 2009 AND 2010 HOST
The 2010 Local Organising Committee,
the International Marketing Council of South Africa (IMC) and South
African Tourism have put their heads together and come up with six
ways in which you can be a great 2009 and 2010 host.
They're simple, they're fun do, and
they'll make you part of the action that's going to unfold between now
and that final match at Soccer City, Johannesburg on Sunday, 11 July
2010. So the only question is ...
What are you doing to be a
good host in 2009 and 2010?
1. Be informed
Know what's going down in your own
backyard. For pretty much everything you might need to know - about
the teams, the venues, the dates, the host cities, the work that's
going in to get the country geared - check out:
2. Support our country
Learn to sing the national anthem.
Fly the national flag. We're footballing into the future - don't be
left behind!
3. Support our team, support our
players
We did it in 1996, and Bafana Bafana
came out of international isolation to win the African Cup of Nations.
Co-hosts South Korea got behind their team in 2002, and their team
responded by upsetting favourites Spain in the quarterfinals to become
the first Asian team to reach the World Cup semifinals.
Germany did the same in 2006, and
their team - previously written off at home and abroad - went as far
as extra time in the semifinals before bowing out to eventual
tournament winners Italy.
- Bafana Bafana for the
Confederations Cup semifinals - "win two to go through" - yes, we
can!
All you Gunners and Red Devils fans
in SA - support Man U/Arsenal and a PSL team!
Find out more about Bafana Bafana:
4. Learn to blow a vuvuzela ...
... Get yourself a makarapa. Wear a
Zakumi badge. Follow the games. Talk about them over a pap 'n vleis
braai. Get interested. Do any of these things in the spirit of Bafana,
and you can count yourself a Bafana Bafana fan!
5. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO to a game!
Buy yourself and your
kids/granddad/partner/buddy tickets to a Confederations Cup match.
Maybe you're the CEO? Buy tickets for your staff - it'll be the best
(and cheapest) corporate bonding outing you ever organised!
And when you go to a game, gents,
it's time to ...
6. Do things THE RIGHT WAY
- Get to the stadium an hour before
the game.
- Check your ticket, know your
number, and sit in your designated seat.
- Don't use the steps as seats.
- Don't bring bottles or other
"cellular" to the stadium (if you know what we're talking about,
then we're talking to you!)
Article last updated: May 2009
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