Government has named the host cities for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2014 African Nations Championships football tournaments.
Mbombela, Port Elizabeth, Rustenburg and eThekwini will host Afcon matches, with Soccer City in Johannesburg set to hold the opening and closing ceremonies.
Polokwane, Kimberley, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town were selected to stage the matches in the 2014 tournament.
The sports ministry will meet the SA Football Association next week to finalise the budgets for the tournaments.