Johannesburg's World Cup in Numbers

This piece from Sport 24 offers a few facts and figures from Johannesburg's hosting of the World Cup.

- Eighty-eight informal traders were registered to provide food to staff and volunteers.

- A total of 1 042 160 people attended matches in Johannesburg.

- Of those, 479 517 used public transport.

Joburg Cup in numbers
Sport 24
July 15, 2010

Stadia Flaunted on Media Tour

This piece from The Sowetan takes a look inside three of the stadia to be used during the World Cup, Ellis Park in Johannesburg, Soccer City near Soweto and Super Stadium (Loftus) in Tshwane.

Come June, [local organising committee CEO Danny Jordaan] said, "This stadium is going to introduce the kind of World Cup that we want to see in South Africa. An African World Cup in a world class facility".

Stadium tours mark 100 days to World Cup kick-off (VIDEO)
The Sowetan
February 26, 2010

Johannesburg Extends BRT

The city of Johannesburg will extend its Bus Rapid Transit service to new routes beginning in March.

"From 1 March 2010 there will be a complimentary service running directly from Dobsonville to the Johannesburg CBD and Ellis Park station and feeder services transporting passengers from Naledi to Thokoza Park Station, from Jabavu to Lake View station and from Mofolo to Boomtown station," said [Rehana Moosajee, member of the mayoral committee for transport].

These routes will be additional to the daily trunk route service running from Thokoza Park in Soweto to Ellis Park, that had been operational from August 31, 2009.

Joburg extends rapid bus services
Independent Online
February 11, 2010