It's a cold rainy Friday morning with streets filled with people donning heavy coats over their Bafana Bafana jerseys and women wearing long boots to shield themselves from the cold.
There is no doubt winter is descending upon South Africa, given the dropping temperatures with every passing day.
On the streets, besides the trendy winter dressing, you occasionally see people who have covered themselves with blankets, towels and several others wearing multiple stockings and clothes at ago to protect themselves from the biting cold.
In spite of the cold, the enthusianism about the World Cup is high.
To raise the home team's morale, Fridays have been declared days on which everybody wears Bafana Bafana jerseys. Motorists driving while flying the national flag as though it's match day are a common sight.
Apart from cars, flags also fly on commercial and residential buildings. And the occasional sound from the vuvuzela (trumpet) is also common.
Although it's a few kilometres from Johannesburg, life in Pretoria, the South African capital, is an absolute contrast.
You can ask anybody for directions without raising the suspicion you would if you were in Johannesburg.
For Ugandan fans that would like to feel secure during their stay in South Africa, this would not be a bad place.
The kind of violence and crime you hear about in Johannesburg hardly takes place here, although they are in the same province of Gauteng.
Besides, the Uganda High Commission is in Pretoria, on Church Street, Arcadia, not far from the city centre.
Pretoria is one of the cities that has many Ugandans. They hang out at places like Taste of Africa on Esseln Street, which is a restaurant and pub owned by a Ugandan.
Almost all the time Ugandans congregate here to eat local food. Friday is dominated by professionals and it's the turn of the Ugandan traditional doctors (sangomas) come Saturday.
The two groups don't mix. It's for this reason they have separate days.
Pretoria is also clean and beautiful without the garbage and old buildings that are hallmark of Johannesburg.
While in Pretoria you will also see the magnificent Union Building, The South African State Theatre and a diamond mines among others.
Wilson Kajwengye Twinomugisha, who works with Uganda's High Commission, says what surprised him was the speed at which people leave the city come 5 o'clock.
At night the city is purely white - the blacks have retreated to the townships.
The only Africans visible at night are foreigners, especially from the numerous foreign missions.
The down side of Pretoria are the numerous prostitutes who work round the clock.
In terms of accommodation, there several hotels in this city right from the city centre, especially Pretorius Street which has got the largest number.
Pretoria will host five group games and one second round game at the 49,365-seater Loftus Versfeld stadium. It's accessible by train at a cost of less than 9 rand and 60 rand by metered taxis.