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Host City of Pretoria

Overview

Tshwane will offer visitors and residents safe and easily accessible public transport during the 2010 FIFA World CupTM.

Rail, bus, minibus taxi, metered taxi and car hire services will cater for a wide variety of transport requirements, and will ensure that Loftus Versfeld in Hatfield, the FIFA Fan FestTM at the Tshwane Events Centre in the CBD, as well as the public viewing areas (PVAs) located in Mamelodi, Atteridgeville, Soshanguve, Hammanskraal and Centurion are adequately served.

Existing rail, bus and minibus taxis will extend their services to cater for the increased demand around match times. Event-related public transport i.e. shuttles to the Wonderboom Airport, Loftus Versfeld Stadium and Park n Ride services will be added to the regular public transport system. Tshwane's inner city will be served by an inner city transport service. To cater for pedestrian movement, certain areas within the city will be turned into dedicated pedestrian routes i.e. the Park Street (north) and Lynnwood Road (south) linking the Inner City and main transport facilities with the Stadium.

City Profile

Tshwane/Pretoria's rich and colourful heritage is reflected in the city's myriad of museums and monuments and is punctuated by contemporary arts and craft markets, making the city alive with a unique blend of new and old. Tshwane/Pretoria is the capital of South Africa. Many embassies thus call this city their home. The Union Buildings house the administration of the country and has also been the setting for all the presidential inaugurations of Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki and the incumbent South African president, Jacob Zuma.