Sunday, 26 August 2007

2010 This Week





27 – 29: Eastern Cape provincial government hosts all-inclusive workshop focusing on the progress of 2010 World Cup programmes (East London)

29: Deadline for journalists planning to cover the African Cup of Nations qualifier against Zambia in Cape Town on 9 September to apply for accreditation.

30: Various World Cup upgrading projects under the spotlight when SANParks chief executive David Mabunda unveils national program for SA National Parks Week (Pretoria)

31: Entries close for the South African Breweries Environmental Journalists and Environmentalist of the Year Awards. For the first time, the awards will be carbon friendly, and this will be achieved by planting fruit trees in Soweto as part of a township greening project for the World Cup.

31: Tender deadline for the upgrade and extension of the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace in Rustenburg in preparation for the World Cup.

1: South Africa’s former Formula One world champion, Jody Scheckter, hands over the first of 11 000 trees he has sponsored to the community of Dobsonville, Soweto as part of the World Cup greening project.
OTHER: The deadline for submitting objections to the proposed prohibition on the use of certain words and emblems for the World Cup has been extended from August 2 to October 2.

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