{"id":20151,"date":"2013-06-04T21:32:40","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T19:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/zuma-wants-south-africa-to-host-2024-olympics\/"},"modified":"2013-06-04T21:32:40","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T19:32:40","slug":"zuma-wants-south-africa-to-host-2024-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/zuma-wants-south-africa-to-host-2024-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuma wants South Africa to host 2024 Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=3996\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3996\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3996\" alt=\"President Jacob Zuma during a press conference with Japan National Press Club in Tokyo.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/6c751_107603071.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Jacob Zuma during a press conference with Japan National Press Club in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, President <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Jacob Zuma\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacob_Zuma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Jacob Zuma<\/a> stated that South Africa would be \u201cvery happy\u201d if it became the first African Nation to host the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"2024 Summer Olympics\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2024_Summer_Olympics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">2024 Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we are given an opportunity in the near future, we\u2019ll certainly welcome that,\u201d Zuma told reporters at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo when asked for his thoughts on South Africa bidding for the Games next decade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think South Africa will be very happy to host the Olympics. We have, I think, sufficient facilities to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, South Africa became the first African nation to host the football World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEver since 1994, we have been part of the world and have hosted a number of important world events and when it comes to the Olympics, you know, we also attempted to host it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa opted out of bidding for the 2020 Games, although Durban was seen as the country\u2019s more likely candidate, with the government saying it had more pressing national priorities.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_African_Sports_Confederation_and_Olympic_Committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">South African Olympic Committee<\/a> launched a feasibility study on bidding for the 2024 Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe certainly welcome if the Olympic committee offered us to host,\u201d Zuma said, adding that his country \u201cwill waste no time\u201d in gearing up for the challenge. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\">IOL News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mexicoinstitute.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/01\/san-diego-2024-olympics-in-tijuana-how-a-cross-border-games-could-work\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/6c751_164892517_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mexicoinstitute.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/01\/san-diego-2024-olympics-in-tijuana-how-a-cross-border-games-could-work\/\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego 2024 Olympics in Tijuana? 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On Tuesday, President Jacob Zuma stated that South Africa would be \u201cvery happy\u201d if it became the first African Nation to host the 2024 Olympics. \u201cIf we are given an opportunity in the near future, we\u2019ll certainly welcome that,\u201d Zuma told [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3258,830,885],"class_list":{"0":"post-20151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mysport","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-sport","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}