Zakumi, the official mascot of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, plays with a soccer ball as he makes an appearance for the media in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday Sept. 22, 2008. The first two letters of Zakumi are the country’s initials in Afrikaans, one of South Africa’s 11 official languages. “Kumi” means 10, for the year of the tournament, in many African languages, World Cup organizers said. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)