Liaison Office of South Africa

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Natalie inspires in Beijing Natalie du Toit made history when she took to the water in the women's 10-kilometre open water swim at the Olympic   Games in Beijing on Wednesday.

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Beijing: next stop South Africa

Just as the 2008 Olympics has been China's "coming out" party, the 2010 Fifa World Cup will be Africa's chance to show off the continent's strengths. That was the message from a Fifa-South African team of officials at a special media briefing in Beijing on Thursday.

South Africa is to send humanitarian assistance to the Abyei region of Sudan, in the form of 40 tons of non-perishable items including tents, blankets, mosquito nets, inflatable mattresses, food and clothes.

The Mpumalanga Economic Growth Agency is looking for investors for the construction and development of a 5?00-seat international convention centre and five-star hotel in Nelspruit, a 2010 Fifa World Cup host city situated in the heart of South African big game country.

Visitors and soccer fans can look forward to a safe visit to South Africa during the 2009 Fifa Confederations Cup and 2010 Fifa World Cup as the country's security plans are finalised, says Deputy National Police Commissioner Andre Pruis.

Owning property in Cape Town will take on a new meaning when the latest version of the classic board game hits the stores this month, after Cape Town came in third in a global vote to determine the cities and how and they are ranked in Monopoly's first World Edition game board.

The construction of Seacom's 15 000km privately funded fibre-optic undersea cable, which will link southern and east Africa, Europe and south Asia, is on schedule and set to go live as planned in June 2009.

Airports Company South Africa spent over R5-billion on airport upgrades in 2007/08, as part of a five-year, R22-billion capital expenditure programme aimed at gearing the country for the 2010 Fifa World Cup and beyond.