Zakumi Zakumi Zakumi the Leopard was the Official Mascot for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He is a cheerful, sporty anthropomorphized leopard with green hair, presented on 22 September 2008. His name comes from "ZA", the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for South Africa, and "kumi", a word that means "ten" in several African languages, referencing the year 2010. Za is a code for South Africa and kumi means ten in many African languages so it signifies South Africa 2010. Zakumi the leopard's birth date coincides with a day known and celebrated as Youth Day in South Africa. The group A match
Labib (mascot) especially on streets named 'Boulevard of the Environment'. It was also used in several awareness campaigns in schools, on television, and on the radio. During the post-revolution Jebali government, Mémia El Benna made the decision to end the use of the official mascot, saying it was too closely tied to the former regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. On 8 May 2015, the Minister of the Environment Nejib Derouiche announced that a new mascot will replace Labib. Labib was the subject of a song by the group ZeMeKeN "Ena Esmi Labib" ("My name is Labib"). Labib (mascot) Labib was