IT IS FINALLY HERE!

Woken up at 5:45am by the sound of vuvuzelas outside my house, Johannesburg is already abuzz hours before the World Cup opening ceremony. Driving through the city centre this morning, people everywhere were wearing Bafana shirts, waving flags and blowing vuvuzelas. The atmosphere is incredible!

I'm off to Soweto to soak up the atmosphere but I've just enough time to show you the front pages of The Star and Sowetan and also my new BOOOOOOOOOOOOTH shirt!

I've got my vuvuzela ready.

Follow my tweets (if Twitter can actually sort out their issues and let me text my updates) from Soweto throughout the day at http://twitter.com/MarcFletcher1 or http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/series/world-cup-fans-network