Published 7/3/2009
at Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
South Africa promised on
Friday to fix transport problems seen as one of the major
concerns ahead of next year's World Cup, including violent
protests by minibus taxi drivers.
Soccer's ruling body FIFA flagged transport as a major
issue after the Confederations Cup tournament last month, which
was seen as a dress rehearsal for the much bigger 2010
competition, the world's most watched sports event.
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