Today,
the Local Organising Committee for The 29th Edition of the Orange Africa Cup of
Nations South Africa 2013 launched the 100 Days Countdown at the five host cities.
The
LOC deployed most of its board members to the 5 host cities on Wednesday for
what the Board Chairperson calls, “an important milestone towards the
preparations and plans for the hosting of AFCON 2013. We are calling upon all
South Africans and Africans in the diaspora to come out in numbers as we mark
this 100 Days till the tournament.”
“We
call upon all soccer loving Africans to help us choose a Mascot that will best
reflect the nature and character of this soccer tournament”, said Chief Mwelo
Nonkonyana, LOC Chairperson.
The
unveiling of the 100 Days Countdown clock in each city was followed by a call
to the public to participate in choosing a Mascot for AFCON 2013.
The
Department of Sports and Recreation South Africa together with the Department
of Basic Education commissioned a schools competition for the drawing and
design of a Sport Mascot for AFCON 2013.
The
shortlisted Mascots named Shingo, Hagazonke, and Takuma respectively, earned
high scores after the participation of 300 schools and a response by 80
learners from which 12 drawings were shortlisted and reduced to three (3) by
the Adjudication Panel.
