Football Partnerships

South African construction workers at 2010 World Cup stadiums who have been on strike have rejected an improved wage offer by employers, but lowered their demands for a pay increase.

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By Raf Casert

Where World Cup finalists will ceremoniously walk down the players tunnel, workers in security vests stood amid puddles and steel nets. Where VIPs will park for the final match, dozens were spreading mortar on brick.

With one year to go until the World Cup kicks off, the swirling red dust and relentless noise produced by 3,500 workers is everywhere. But towering over it all is the stadium at Soccer City, well on its way to be finished in time and become the new “cathedral” of African football.

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By Celean Jacobson

Helmets and horns - the colourful, crazy core of South Africa’s soccer fever - are going global as the nation gears up for the Confederations Cup and next year’s World Cup.

South African streets may be crime-infested and violent, but its stadiums are filled with raucous joy and harmony. The aggression that plagues European soccer is unknown here as rival fans cheer and dance together and compete against each other for the most colourful costume.

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By Geoffrey York

While South Africa eagerly anticipates playing host to next year’s soccer championship, the country’s taxi unions are vowing to derail a new transit system that they say will put their members out of business.

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Castrol has appointed Simon Meehan to run its World Cup 2010 and 2014 sponsorships in Europe and Africa, the biggest in the company’s 100-year history.

Meehan joins from Ford Europe where he ran that company’s Uefa Champions League sponsorship programme, and was responsible for developing its World Rally Car sponsorship rights package in 2007.

In a press release, Castrol said Meehan’s role will involve delivering a football and motorsport sponsorship strategy for the Europe and Africa regions.

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