South Africa welcomes the World to the Fifa World Cup 2010 with different expectations!

Dear World Cup visitors,

Now that you are safely in our country you are no doubt happily realising you are not in a war zone. This may be in stark contrast to what you have been bracing yourself for should you have listened to Uli Hoeness or are an avid reader of English

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Whisper Ball, is it a soccer ball or a boat?

One of the city’s newest attractions, a floating vessel shaped like a ball which was built by deaf Khayelitsha residents, has won the most innovative product award at the 2010 SA Boating Awards.

The Whisper Ball is a boat shaped like a ball which floats on the water powered by an eco-friendly electrical

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Safe to drink tap water during FIFA World Cup

Cape Town – Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Buyelwa Sonjica has given tap water in all 2010 FIFA World Cup host cities a clean bill of health.

Releasing the 2010 Host Cities Drinking Water Quality Management Audit Report on Wednesday, Sonjica said the world can rest assured that tap water in all host cities is

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We can generate energy but not water!

South Africa is heading for a water deficit of between 17 percent and 30 percent in 2030 – and needs to invest R2.8 billion per year to prevent shortages, according to a global water report.

Its best-case scenario it projects a water shortfall in two decades of 2.9 billion cubic meters, rising to 3.8 billion cubic

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