Thrifty now at all major airports in South Africa

Thrifty Car Rental is now based at all major airports in South Africa; these include Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Nelspruit, Port Elizabeth, George, and East London.
This service is going to be invaluable for the 2010 world cup tourists, as one only has to read of what most of the websites offering travel advice to tourists have to say, are in essence is the same message: Public transportation is not recommended, except for luxury services; taxis are expensive and may not be reliable. Avoid using minivan taxis from the airport, or anywhere you may need to get around.

2010 Soccer World Cup is going to put a heavy demand on SA transport. Estimated spectator figures of 50 000 spectators would, on average, attend each match; about 3,2 million tickets would be sold, 70 percent of these internationally; and about 300 000 international ticket holders would visit South Africa, each attending, on average, four to five matches. Each one of these supporters will need transport to and from the various games.

Johannesburg, The host city launched the BRT system to form the backbone of the city's public transport, but contractual delays, labour disputes and violence and civil unrest caused by disgruntled taxi operators has prevented this utopian transport system from bearing fruit. The Rea Via Project was said to be completed in time to provide bus transport services for the Confederations Cup in June 2009, sadly this was not true.
There are 291 days left to the 2010 World Cup at the time of writing this article and yet there are not any visible improvements in public transport worth noting. The car rental companies like Thrifty, are surely going to be inundated with customers over this busy period.