Newsletter

November 2009

Roland Raath -29 October 2009

I attended an FNB dinner last week and Gary Bailey presented some stats on worldcup expectations. (Gary has been involved in the last 2 worldcups)

1)Schools will be closed for almost over 4 weeks during the worldcup (it was apparently legislated last week).What do you do with your kids ??

2)Airtickets to cape town (for example) will cost about R8000 per seat as some flights have to leave same night after the games due to accommodation problems in PLZ/CPT /DBN and Bloem so the flights will operate 24 hours .Expect NOISE .Expect traffic around airports all hours

3)Fresh veggies and fruit will be scarce if not unavailable during this time (for the worldcup Germany they had to import same).

4)Traffic will increase by about 30% at the times of the games as fans go to the grounds or FANPARKS(games start at 13.30 , 16.00 and 20,30 ) and matches are announced December 4th .This is obviously the best time to fly !-whilst matches are on .

5)Road areas around stadiums will be closed off

6)It is expected that 550,000 people will be travelling to/from matches and 100,000 per match day…expect considerable delays on match days

7)There will not be parking available at airports (so arrge drop offs)

8)4800 buses will be operational and there will be restrictions on truckers /hauliers ,etc so we need to plan with clients and especially on containers needing haulage.

9)Fanparks will be a huge attraction(see the listed fanparks ) and traffic to /from those areas will be extremely congested.At one fanpark in Germany 500,000 people pitched up consuming ,during the events ,3 million suasages ,1 million litres of beer ,etc (think of the logistics and TOILETS !)

Please see the attached plan /dates .

Cargocare will have to plan with importers and deliveries will be severely disrupted as will our (import airfreight)same day as flight arrival commitments.

So do you lock up office and stay home !or do you plan now and make it work ! Do you take a holiday at that time ? What to do with the kids ?

St Stithians made a deal and they will offer their facilities for teams to train and use ablutions and will make millions in the 4 weeks .

Makes you think hey ..or panic !

Attached: World Cup Guidelines.doc