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Confed Cup

Rustenburg gets ready for the festival of champions

Tue, 19 May 2009 16:04

A carefully selected group of 4 000 Volunteers were selected from some 38 000 applicants from all groups of society to attend three-day training workshops in Johannesburg, Tshwane and Rustenburg.

This is to prepare for their key roles in welcoming visitors to the Confederations Cup in June 2009. The Volunteers in Bloemfontein will attend their workshops this weekend.

The Volunteer Training Workshops have been organised by the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for each Host City. The three-day Volunteer Training Workshop includes a module on “Know your Country, Know your City” which was designed for the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) and co-ordinated by THETA and DEAT, supported by Umsomvubu.

Training Providers for the Rustenburg workshops were appointed by THETA, in consultation with DEAT, and were carefully briefed by DEAT and THETA representatives to ensure consistency and high standards of training.

Facilitators Gillian Pilkington and Adv. Don Leffler from the Tourism, Hospitality & Sport Business School (THSBS), who were amongst the various appointed Training Providers, said that the LOC, DEAT, THETA and Umsomvubu made a huge effort to ensure that the Training Workshops were well organised, properly co-ordinated and successful.

Volunteers responded with enthusiasm during the training sessions, incorporating South Africa’s unique cultural talent of singing and dancing into their presentations on South Africa and Host cities.

The Volunteers are our Ambassadors and will be responsible for creating positive and enduring impressions with all soccer tourists to encourage them, and their friends and families, to select South Africa as a preferred tourist destination.

We wish them a fun and rewarding experience and entrust South Africa’s appeal to all visitors to the country for the Confederations Cup.