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2010 world soccer ....how are the tourists going to beable to travel .?

This is what has been reported in the local news paper this week. CAPE TOWN's public transport system in a shocking state because of underinvestment over many years, with trains that are 46 years old on average, an ageing fleet of buses far from "modern standards", and half the taxis illegal. With the 2010 World Cup less than three years away, all three fleets have reached their sell-by date, the City of Cape Town's Public Transport Plan 2006-2011 says. Half the taxi operators are unlicensed, according to the survey findings recorded in the report. About 70% of the city's minibus taxi routes are overtraded and the competition for lucrative markets has often led to conflict and violence.

Public Comments

1. Somebody, who really wants to see soccer games, he will find a way to come to Cape Town. There are airplanes, buses, trains. If there are such a difficulties, then is good to start earlier.
2. yelena234 has given you an answer, and surely it's not an answer you wanted to hear. I actually thought Helen Zille (mayor of Cape Town - DP - not ANC) was doing well in Cape Town.
3. Hello this is MR Cash We will not be able to travel in 2010, maybe on a horse and cart? To all who think there will be cars to rent: There wont be any, I have it on good authority that most car companies will go on a blackout. They are not going to increase their fleet for a few months only to sell off their cars again, too costly! There is also a supply and demand problem, too much demand, not enough supply, so......not even cars to rent for 2010!
4. By Airplanes, Trains, Buses, Taxis or walk. South Africa has satisfactory travel means.
5. Yes sadly Because Cape Town was controlled by the DA and NNP. Which explains the state of the transport and low service delivery. Which proves that talk is cheap. The white opposition DA only talks they do nothing but talk.
6. Most visitors will rent a car, which will be an additional expense to the already costly plane and hotel bills, (not taking into consideration the cost of life and limb)
7. Yes 2010 is still in the in the not to distant future and already there seems to be trouble - and what is happening with the housing requirements the tourists will need ?
8. People, Tal has a very valid point. Most off your spectators will come from countries that have airconditioned public transport. They need reliable transport that can ferry them from airport to hotel to stadium. Football supporters like to to drink and party before and after a game, so car rental is not a great option and the car rental companies will not be able to supply the extra thousands of cars to be needed. Believe me guys, SA have a big problem regarding public transport.
9. Darth Vader, I agree with you. The visitors from Europe will flood the city and they are used to first class transport. If I see how a national soccer game disrupts the city of Bremen, the whole area is blocked off for normal traffic, and only trams and buses are allowed through. SA definitely does not have any quality buses, and def no trams to speak of. With only little over 2 years to get things right, it is going to be very, very poephol knyp with the planning. And renting cars to all the tourists will not solve the problem because they will all get stuck in a traffic jam. Any entrepreneurs out there looking for an interesting business idea? Look no further than the public transport system in SA! *Edit* Yelena, you are so positive. Why not try renting a donkey cart from a Cape Flats scrap dealer?
10. As usual, Ayisa had his head up his a** and that's where he got his answer too... The WHOLE of South Africa's public transport system is in chaos! Not only Cape Town... Some matches will be played in Gauteng too and there they will have the same problem. The whole SA Worldcup will be an example of how it should NOT be done... If it starts looking like they will get the transport systems build, they will put their tools down again and toi-toi just like they were taught to do pre '94...
11. I doubt that many from Europe will travel to South Africa because of the prohibitive cost of getting and staying there as well as the generally accepted motive of many South Africans "time to make money." In the latter respect South Africans are sadly out of touch with the thinking of Football fans in Europe who can spot a rip off a mile away. Then there is the crime and I guess that nearer the time many will focus on that issue and that will serve as another deterrent to stay away. As far as your Transport and Roads are concerned, the ANC have admitted that they cannot rectify the problem over the next 5 years never mind by 2010 so the bottom line is that those who do arrive will be hugely dissappointed or end up dead in one of those Coffins on Wheels they call Taxis.