Street View South Africa coming on Tuesday

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Google have announced that Street View will be going live on Tuesday June 8th in South Africa. The release of the images may have been delayed by recent privacy issues regarding google collecting wifi data. South Africa will be the first African nation to get Street View images.

The World Cup soccer tournament will start three days later on June 11. Images from inside the arenas will be available on Street View.

Among the South African cities StreetView cars have visited are:

Johannesburg
Cape Town
Pretoria
Port Elizabeth
Durban

StreetView in South Africa

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Google Maps Street View is coming to South Africa within the next couple of weeks. The nation is hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup (that’s soccer for you americans…). The games start on June 11.

Google have said that Street View will be available in South Africa when the games start. So, the first images from Africa might be just a few days away. Confirmed cities where they have taken images: Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. What would you like to see in South Africa?

Here’s the Street View trike at Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa.