Written by Richard Kastelein    Thursday, 26 November 2009 10:55   
One Million World Cup Soccer Tickets Go on Sale
altAnother one million 2010 World Cup tickets are available and Africans are encouraged to buy. This was the message at the launch of the third ticketing phase in Johannesburg yesterday.

Already, about 700,000 tickets have been sold worldwide, with 196 days to go before kickoff.

Local Organising Committee chief executive Danny Jordan said: “If we want this to be an African World Cup, then Africans must buy tickets. We want better sales for Bafana Bafana.

“We can’t wait for 100 years for the World Cup to come to our country and then wait and buy tickets at the last minute.”

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