The City of Cape Town’s 2010 office is preparing to host a top-level FIFA delegation, which will visit the city in the next week to inspect progress at the Green Point Stadium and other preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter and FIFA General Secretary Jérôme Valcke will head the delegation, which will visit Cape Town and Johannesburg.

Blatter will also meet with President Thabo Mbeki, ANC president Jacob Zuma, Sports Minister Makhenkesi Stofile, and other Local Organising Committee representatives.
The date for the delegation’s Cape Town visit still has to be confirmed by FIFA.

The Blatter party will also inspect Soccer City in Johannesburg and attend the Local Organising Committee’s board meeting at Safa House.

Blatter last visited Cape Town in June 2007, while Valcke was here in May 2008. During his visit last year, Blatter expressed full confidence in Cape Town’s preparations to host the event, saying he had no doubt the city would be ready in time.

Blatter told a recent press conference that “the objectives of the delegation will be to reassure ourselves with the work that the local organising committee of the 2010 World Cup is doing”.