Netball World Cup expected to boost Cape Town's economy by R68m: The Netball World Cup starting in a week's time is expected to inject about R68m into the local economy of host city Cape Town.
The tournament, hosted in Africa for the first time, is also expected to bring an influx of visitors to the city.
Flags of the 16 participating nations were hoisted in the CBD on Friday. They include host nation South Africa, defending champions New Zealand, Australia, Barbados, England, Fiji, Jamaica, Malawi, Scotland, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Wales and Zimbabwe.“[It] is predicted to bring a boost of about R68m to the local economy,” said Tania Colyn, acting spokesperson for Western Cape cultural affairs and sport MEC Anroux Marais.
“A review of the economic impact revealed that seven of the biggest events hosted in Cape Town over the last year generated over R5bn worth of economic activity in the Mother City,” said Smith.“A deeper dive into the numbers shows that between February and March alone, over 417,000 people attended events in Cape Town. Those events created over 11,000 jobs and provided various trading opportunities for small to medium enterprises.
Private security has been hired for the venue, the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Metro police, traffic services, the SAPS and the city’s tourism safety unit will be deployed in numbers.“For the concert itself we will easily see 5,000 to 10,000 people, and for daily activations and activities, it will be several thousand people on site, aside from the people coming to see a match,” said Smith.
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