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) Labib (mascot) Labib was the official mascot of the environment in Tunisia from 1992 until 13 April 2012, when the Minister of the Environment, Mémia El Benna, announced the end of its use. The decision to create a mascot for the environment was taken in 1992 by the Minister of the Environment Mohamed Mehdi Mlika as part of a program of education, information and awareness on environmental protection. It was designed by Chedly Belkhamsa. The mascot is in the form of a fennec fox ("Vulpes zerda"), an animal found in southern Tunisia. Statues of Labib were erected in each town,