Archive for May, 2009

Explorer Kingsley Holgate set off on Monday on an expedition through southern Africa to promote the 2010 Soccer World Cup and to continue his humanitarian work.

Dubbed Boundless Southern Africa (BSA), the expedition will promote the soccer spectacle and help upgrade soccer fields, distribute mosquito nets, donate mobile libraries to rural schools and distribute reading glasses.

He will travel across nine Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, seven Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCA), two oceans, 30 national parks and nature reserves. The first stop after leaving Durban on Monday will be in the Maloti-Drakensberg TFCA, which South Africa shares with Lesotho.

“The World Cup event will not only benefit South Africans but southern Africa and Africa as a whole,” said BSA marketing manager Leonore Beukes.

The expedition will end on August 19 at the mouth of the Orange River in South Africa.

The secretariat for BSA was appointed in 2007 is part of the “legacy” programmes (to ensure that communities benefit from 2010 and beyond) of the 2010 Local Organising Committee.

The SADC countries they will travel through include Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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