The attack on the Togolese soccer team in Angola has no bearing on South Africa's preparedness to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the African National Congress (ANC) said on Tuesday.

"We are more than ready in South Africa and are confident in the work of our security forces," ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu said at Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg.

Mthembu spoke to the media briefly after he and ANC national executive committee member Winnie Madikizela-Mandela visited Togolese goalkeeper, Kodjovi "Dodji" Obilale, who was recovering after Friday's attack.

Mthembu said South Africa had always been ready for the spectacle and the country would not publicise its security arrangements.

He was being quizzed by a BBC reporter about the country's preparedness after the attack on Togo's soccer team. Mthembu was asked why the country's response to the attack was "defensive".

"Any notion that might say we are defensive is out of place... as a country we have no fear at all of what will happen."

Mthembu said he did not understand how the correlation between Angola and South Africa was made when geographically the two countries were miles apart. His response echoed comments by 2010 Local Organising Committee chairman Danny Jordaan.

Jordaan told a media briefing on Tuesday it was illogical to question the country's safety standards based on the attack in Angola.

A British Premier League manager reportedly said Friday's shooting threw a "question mark" over South Africa's hosting of the 32-nation tournament.

The South African government moved to dispel fears with President Jacob Zuma on Monday reiterating that what happened in Angola had no bearing on South Africa's preparedness to host a successful and safe World Cup.

South Africa and the west African country were separated by Namibia and Botswana.

Togo's national team was attacked in Cabinda, Angola, on Friday. The ambush on the team's bus killed an assistant coach, team spokesman and the bus driver. Eight others were wounded.

Obilale was shot with a military assault rile and was airlifted to the Milpark Hospital, where he underwent surgery on Saturday evening.

He was shot through the lower spine and his injuries extended to the abdominal cavity.

Obilale's family were not in South Africa but were informed regularly of his condition, said hospital spokesperson Erin Smylie.

Madikizela-Mandela said she was very happy with the treatment Obilale was receiving.

"He opened his eyes for the first time today, I understand from the matron that his response was quite good," she said.

She added that the incident had no bearing on the World Cup to be hosted by South Africa.

Madikizela-Mandela said the Togolese goalkeeper was responding well to treatment after having been sedated. He was slowly regaining consciousness as doctors reduced his sedation.