FIFA President visits Local Organising Committee and Cape Town

Sepp Blatter to meet with various stakeholders on the 2010 Soccer World Cup

FIFA President Sepp Blatter is expected to visit Cape Town on June 18 where he will meet with various stakeholders on the 2010 Soccer World Cup.

Addressing the African Editors Forum in Cape Town Thursday, Local Organising Committee communications director Tim Modise said Mr Blatter would also go to the site where the new Green Point Stadium is being built.

"The president of Fifa will arrive in South Africa on June 18 where he will meet some high-level people. He will also go to the site of the stadium where he will also be briefed about the construction progress," said Mr Modise.

World Cup fixtures will be played in ten stadia across South Africa.

Five venues are being renovated to comply with FIFA's requirements and five others are to be built from scratch. Construction has started on all the five arenas to be newly built. Renovations to four of the stadiums set to host 2010 fixtures would be complete by December 2008.

Along with Loftus Stadium in the capital city, the other arenas to be refurbished are Vodacom Park in Mangaung, Royal Bafokeng in Rustenburg and Ellis Park in Johannesburg.

Stadia to be completed by October 2009, are Mbombela in Nelspruit, Peter Mokaba (Polokwane), Nelson Mandela Bay, Green Point (Cape Town) Moses Mabhida (Durban) and Soccer City in Johannesburg.

Blatter in Johanesburg; FIFA President Joseph S Blatter will be addressing a press conference at the OR Tambo International Airport shortly before he returns to Zurich after his successful two-day visit of South Africa.

The press conference will be held Tuesday June 19 at 6.40pm outside the State Protocol Lounge in the International Arrivals section of the Johannesburg airport.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter will report back on his meeting today with President Thabo Mbeki and give an overview of his trip to South Africa.

Molo says: "Please note that the draw for the Groups Qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa takes place in Durban on November 27. (event info to be released soon)

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