In order to facilitate the access of ordinary South African football fans to a tournament that might otherwise be beyond their reach, Fifa has blocked off about 16% of the tickets -- all the cheapest category four tickets -- for South African residents.
These tickets start at R140, "which is the cheapest price of a World Cup ticket for many, many years," David Will, head of the Fifa sub-ticketing committee told a media ticketing seminar in Johannesburg.
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World Cup's cheapest tickets reserved for South Africans
Mail & Guardian
February, 18, 2009
