With 500 days remaining to the world cup this is the update of where we are,this are the only new stadiums.Confedation cup won't be played in this stadiums

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@RSA How did you get the pics.Are you a bricklayer,cement carrier or just plain jobless?

hollandis:

@RSA How did you get the pics.Are you a bricklayer,cement carrier or just plain jobless?

The answer is JOBLESS
Any way here are Pics of Durban,it is called Moses Mhabida stadium

More on Durban

Here is capetown,Greenpoint stadium

Ok now I going to show some of the stadiums that are not going to host fifa world cup matches but will be used as tranning ground,we will start with the stadia in the middle of Soweto,its a home to Moroka Swallows
Ladies and gentlemen I present to you Orlando Stadium

Orlando Stadium in Soweto

Orlando Stadium in Soweto

Kwazulu Natal,Durban

9ICE ONE MAN. CHOP KNOKLE! IT'S REALLY GOOD THAT AFRIKA IS HOSTING THE FIFA WORLD CUP. KUDOS TO S.A

NIGERIAN WILL HOST ONE DAY!! BELIEVE ME OR NOT, IT WILL COME SOMEDAY TO REALITY.

@Staloone thanks,and thats the sprit.

The City of Durban experienced a festival of lights on Valentines Day as fireworks decorated the night sky in celebration of the completion of the signature arch of the Moses Mabhida Stadium.

The celebrations, which were attended by City dignitaries as well as LOC officials, saw the lights of the stadium and the arch being switched on for the first time.

Addressing guests, KZN premier Sibusiso Ndebele said that the milestone signified South Africa's and indeed Durban's readiness to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup, adding that the event should be seen as a celebration of unity.

"[Tonight] is a celebration of teams working together to create not only an architectural and engineering masterpiece, but to physically create an icon, that symbolizes and spans years of history, years of hope and years of work - to let all South Africans feel the pulse of unification," he said.


The arch will provide critical support for the stadium roof, reports Engineering News. The roof will have a surface area of 46 000 m2 and will be suspended from the arch by steel cables and secured around the perimeter of the stadium by a compression ring. The cost of the roof and arch is R448-million.

The stadium is now more than 60% complete with the final completion date set for October 30th 2009. Once complete, the stadium is expected to provide a world-class venue for sport events in South Africa. The three-tiered stadium will have a gross seating capacity of 70 000. It will also form part of Durban's King Park sporting precinct which will accommodate a variety of sporting disciplines including athletics, rugby, golf and swimming.

The stadium is named after struggle stalwart Moses MnCane Mabhida. He was one of the founding members of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and was elected a vice-president at its first congress in 1955. He also served as a commander in the MK before serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party. He died of a heart attack in 1986 while working in Maputo. His body was embalmed and transported to South Africa in 2006, where he was buried at the Slangspruit Heroes Acre in his birthplace of KwaZulu Natal.

http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/countdow, a_stadium.html

Mandela bay

Mandela stadium in PE(Mandela bay)

Lovtus in Pretroria/Tshwane is the host for confederation cup in june and world cup

Soccer city in Soweto/Johannesburg the main world cup stadia,where the opening and closing ceremony will be hosted

Sad news from the site,

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Construction stopped at stadium

Work at Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium has come to a standstill today. Its been dedicated to mourning the death of one of the site’s construction workers.

Fifty-seven-year-old Philangenkosi Nsele died after falling off scaffolding yesterday afternoon from a height of some three storeys.

Craig Jessop from construction company Group Five says Nsele was wearing his safety harness and he was within the safety rails at the time.

Jessop says they’re investigating how this tragedy could have happened.

“The incident has raised a concern of safety but the site is run very strictly in terms of safety. But obviously we’re very concerned about what’s happened. We stopped the site this morning to address all the workers and sub-contractors and staff on the site to make sure that everyone looks out for each other, and that everyone takes just a little bit more care because even with all the safety standards in place, an accident still happened. So we’re very sad about what happened.”

The construction site was awarded the Master’s Builders’ Association’s national safety award last year. Police say they are trying to establish what caused the fall but add that no foul play is suspected.

(Story by Nomfundo Manyatsi)

http://blog.ecr.co.za/newswatch/?p=4378

This are pics of Nelson Mandela stadia,in PE.It was supposed to be part of confederation cup but was scrapped fearing thatit wont be completed on time.

This are four stadiums for confederation cup,Number one is Ellis Park in Johannesburg has a capacity of 60 000.
The second one is Loftus stadium in Pretoria with a capacity of 50 000
The third is Free state stadium with a capacity of 46 000
Fourth is Royal Bafokeng,which is located in a village of Bafokeng tribe,closest town is Rustenburg

All the top stadiums where existing ones,with the minimum renovation and extension.
The stadiums I'm going to show you now are new one,build from scratch,except Soccer city which has extreme make over.
We start with Greenpoit Stadium in Cape town with a capacity of 70 000,one of the semifinal will be played here.

Soccer city in Johannesburg and Moses Mabhidas in Durban

Nelson Mandela in Port Elizabeth

Work has standard in laying out the pitch at the main stadium Soccer City(SC).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMvGCruLzJ8

Main Stadia is comming along fine,the completion date is mid October this year but look like it will be ready before then

These are all beautiful,

It can compete with any of the best stadia in the world!

Thump up SA,

Let the rest of the Africa continent give SA all the moral and Spiritual support.

@ AUS thanks for your words,I think world cup will help Africa in rebranding itself,people will have different outlook on Africa after the world cup,and hopefully it will be a positive one.I think South Africa will be a good Abassador for Africa and will represent here well.Africa is not all about poverty,wars and deseases there is good things in Africa and its time we showcase them.Starting with under 17 world cup in Nigeria,then under 20 in Egypt and finishing with the world cup in South of Africa.Lets do this Africa

That is the Spirit broda,

Africa can do it,

Lets just do it and do it well,

2009 - 2010 is a year for Africa continent.

Cape Town