Advertising2010 World Cup![]() Peter Mokaba Stadium(Polokwane)Capacity: 46 000 2010 World Cup matches:Four first-round matches. Details and progress:Polokwane originally had a problem with costs and had to re-visit the numbers. The stadium will not be delivered inside the budget allocated by the national treasury. The city and provincial budgets have covered the additional costs and construction is moving ahead with the new stadium being built next to the old one. The CityLocated in the far north of South Africa, Polokwane is another fast-growing city, driven by its ecotourism, which includes a number of game parks. It is also close to the world famous Kruger National Park, as well as tourist hotspots like Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mozambique. It was founded in 1886 by Voortrekker leader Andries Potgieter and named Pietersburg. It became classified as a city in 1992, and 11 years later was renamed Polokwane. It now counts as the capital of the Limpopo Province.
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