Thousands of fans who queued overnight in South Africa finally got their hands on World Cup tickets, but scuffles broke out as computers crashed, the BBC's Johannesburg bureau reports.

Some 500,000 tickets were sold at various venues on Thursday.

But things got nasty when the police used pepper spray to control frustrated fans and in Cape Town a 64-year-old man died from a heart attack when Fifa's integrated ticketing computer encountered problems, resulting in long waiting times for queuing fans.

After three and a half hours in Cape Town, only 32 people out of a crowd of about 1,000 had managed to buy tickets

The BBC interviewed Malin Fisher, a 32-year-old trainee church minister who was first through the doors of a shopping mall in Soweto and spent more than 10,000 rand (£880) on six tickets, including two for the World Cup final. He put into perspective the problems South African fans have had in acquiring them:

"The internet and applying was a bit frustrating but to be able to buy World Cup final tickets over the counter,that was amazing."

Many South Africans had complained the original process, by which tickets were sold through Fifa's website or in a complicated ballot at a local bank branch, excluded people without web access, credit cards or the disposable income to pay months in advance.

Tickets for all matches, including the 11 July final, remain available.