The Stadium

This classic venue (it was built way back in 1906) gets a minor upgrade for the FIFA World Cup, bringing its capacity to an impressive 51 760.

The Bull Ring,­ the traditional home of rugby's Super 14-winning Bulls,- was one of the venues for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, and it showed the potential for some big 2010 FIFA World Cup results. This was, you might recall, the stadium where Brazil shocked world champions Italy with a resounding 3-0 defeat.

Loftus will host six games in 2010, including five First Round Games and one Round of 16 encounter.

The City

Tshwane, or Pretoria as it is still often referred to, is the administrative capital of South Africa, and the third biggest contributor to the country's economy behind Johannesburg and Cape Town.

The city itself was founded in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers. For years it was seen as the capital of apartheid South Africa, but that all changed when Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first black president of the country at the Union Buildings in May 1994.

On the soccer front, Tshwane plays home to two of the Premier League's biggest clubs in two-time defending League champions SuperSport United and Mamelodi Sundowns.