Construction costs were expected to be R8.4 billion (just over US$1 billion or EUR950 million).South Africa also improved its public transport infrastructure within the host cities, including Johannesburg's Gautrain and other metro systems, and major road networks were improved.. 
Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing (; Ọjọ́ìbí 2 February 1926) jẹ́ olóṣèlú ará Fránsì tó di Ààrẹ orílẹ̀-èdè Fránsì láti 1974 títí di 1981.. 