South Africa have tonight revealed the mascot for the 2010 World Cup and it's a leopard called Zakumi. The name is made up of "Za", which stands for South Africa and 'kumi' which translates as "10" in a number of languages across Africa.

The mascots 'date of birth date' is June 18th 1994 and according to Danny Jordaan, the CEO of the local organising committee this is a big date for South Africans. "He was born in the same year as our country's democracy." said Jordaan. "Zakumi is a proud South African and an ideal ambassador for the first African World Cup. He is young, energetic, smart and ambitious, a real inspiration for young and old, not only in our country."

Now, we can't show you an image of the mascot yet, as we don't know if we have permission but we are going to get one for you tomorrow. In the meantime, why not click here and go visit Gallo Images, the people where we've registered to buy the image from, for a picture of Zakumi.

The original creator of the design is Andries Odendaal from Cape Town, and the mascot costume was produced by Cora Simpson of Cora's Costumes in Boksburg.

In the meantime, as soon as we can get you more information, we'll bring it.