World Cup Impact 2010 · Global Voices

Global Voices is getting ready for the World Cup 2010 in South Africa!
In 2010, the FIFA World Cup will be held on African soil for the first time. Is South Africa ready to organize such a highly-anticipated event? The country has made record infrastructure investments in hopes that the World Cup will push economic development that stretches beyond the month-long tournament. What will the World Cup mean for the millions of South African living below the poverty line? What will the event mean for the rest of the African continent?
South Africans and citizens of all nations will be expressing their thoughts on these and other questions in online citizen media. Global Voices bloggers will listen! Over the course of the tournament we will bring you the conversations that are taking place in citizen media through:
Citizen media projects covering the 2010 World Cup:
World Cup Reporting at Development News Africa – A project of Highway Africa
Twenty Ten – Collection of online multimedia content by African and African-based writers.
The Global Game – Original reporting about the game of football by John Turnball
Maneno World Cup Focus – World Cup multi-lingual blogging
Who Should I Cheer For? - looking at the competing nations from a social justice point of view.