99-Year Lease Signed on Soccer City Stadium

The SA Football Association has signed a 99-year lease on the new Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, taking over operations from the city's department of public works.

[Sports Minister Makhenkesi Stofile] said the government had initially intended to donate the land. However, Stofile said in the past land grants to sports clubs had been exploited by rugby clubs.

99-year lease signed for Soccer City
Independent Online
August 7, 2009