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South African President Jacob Zuma has assured Ugandans of his country's readiness to host the 2010 World Cup.
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President Zuma was meeting Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where the 14th ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union is taking place. He said preparations are almost complete to host the world Cup in Africa for the first time.

He also briefed him about his country’s 20-year celebration of Former President and World hero Nelson Mandela’s release from prison on February 11th. The celebrations will coincide with the opening of the parliament of South Africa.

President Yoweri Museveni invited president Zuma to Uganda for the African Union (AU) summit meeting due in July this year, an invitation that has been accepted by President Jacob Zuma.

The African Union (AU) Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) recommended Uganda's candidacy to host the AU summit in 2010. Uganda offered to host the July 2010 summit "in a bid to respect the vision of the African Union as a continent led by peoples and not by governments", which implies the need "to ensure the rotation of the holding of the summits in various countries.