The horrifying attack on Togo's football team in Angola has sparked a flurry of alarmist stories in newspapers around the world questioning South Africa's ability to stage the World Cup.
Officials organising the South Africa tournament have moved quickly to dismiss those claims.
In a radio interview Irvin Khoza, chairman of the 2010 local organising committee, stressed the distance between his country and Angola.
"The challenge posed by the attack is the misconception that Africa is a country, not a continent," he told SA FM.
"People in the world are thinking of Africa as one country... we don't share the same border with Angola... it's not even close to South Africa," he said.
It is more than 1,500 miles (2,500 km) from Luanda to Pretoria - with Namibia or Botswana sitting in between the two nations.
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