2010 workshop in Rustenburg
24 March 2009
Earlier this month, the South African High Commissioner to Botswana, Mr
Dikgang Moopelwa, hosted a workshop in Gaborone, Botswana together with 2010
FIFA LOC, North West Department of Sport, Arts and Culture 2010 Unit,
Rustenburg as a host city and business people from Botswana. It is at this
workshop that the North West provincial government made a commitment to host
the Botswana 2010 task team to ensure that they get to know how the host city
is preparing itself logistically and technically.
It was decided that a follow-up workshop be held as follows:
Date: Friday, 27 March 2009
Venue: Rustenburg Civic Centre
Time: 13h00
This workshop will be followed up by a Gala Dinner at the Sun City Resort on
the same day at 19h00.
The main objectives of the workshop are to:
* act as an information platform on opportunities presented by 2010 World
Cup
* extend the opportunities presented by 2010 World Cup throughout the Limpopo
and across the South African Development Community (SADC), in particular
Botswana (mission focus)
* serve as business to business and government to business match making
opportunity (related services, products and offerings)
* encourage the spread of 2010 World Cup benefits to other areas outside South
Africa, particularly in Botswana and beyond the football / sports arena into
the economic (business) and tourism arenas.
The workshop will be held under the theme âTowards 2010: Investing in
Botswana.
On 28 March 2009, the North West provincial government will be hosting all
14 SADC high commissioners for the Mandela Peace Cup match to be held at the
recently completed Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg which will be
officially handed over to the 2010 FIFA LOC for the 2009 Confederations Cup and
the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
The media is invited to attend and to confirm attendance to the workshop,
contact:
Vuyisile Ngesi
Cell: 078 801 3110 or 073 069 3003
E-mail: vngesi@nwpg.gov.za.
For more information, contact:
Cornelius Tanana Monama
Cell: 082 578 4063.
Tel: 018 387 3456
E-mail: cmonama@nwpg.gov.za
Issued by: Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, North West Provincial
Government
24 March 2009
