South Africa is to bid for the 2024 Olympics and also wants to host the Commonwealth Games two years before that, the country's sports minister Fikile Mbabula said. "Sport plays a role in terms of infrastructure development," he told reporters, adding South Africa's president Jacob Zuma had already indicated the country was ready to host the Games.
Cape Town lost out in the bid for the 2004 Olympics in the first attempt by an African city to host the Games. Bidding for the 2024 Olympics will begin in 2015 and the International Olympic Committee will decide the winner in 2017. The next Olympics in 2016 will be held in Rio de Janeiro while Tokyo will host the 2020 Games. South Africa hosted the soccer World Cup four years ago, spending more than $3 billion in infra-structure costs. This would be a huge step for South Africa and Africa as a whole. Yahoo News.
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