Ladies and Gentlemen,

The Soccer World Cup is the largest international sports event and in 2010 this prestigious tournament will take place in South Africa. This will encourage sports fans from across the globe to come to South Africa but will also give ample opportunity for business exchange and investment.

To support commercial activities around WC2010, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands initiated the WC2010 portal together with the South African – Netherlands Chamber of Commerce. This website will provide relevant information to Dutch as well as South African entrepreneurs and will establish a platform to match business partners.

I hope that the portal will stimulate your creativity, sense of adventure and satisfy your search for opportunities. Like we hope to see “Orange” play in South Africa in 2010.

H.E. Rob de Vos

Ambassador

Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands