Dorms Eyed as Extra Hotel Space

With hotel capacities in question, three Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) campuses will be used to provide budget accommodations in dorm buildings during the World Cup.

[T]he cheapest room is expected to cost R550 (~$68 US) a person a night, including breakfast.

Students described the residences as putrid and unsafe, with "no real security" at hostel entrances at the Bellville and Cape Town campuses.

But varsity management insists its residences would be "perfect" for budget accommodation, and say on-campus security is to be significantly increased for the event.

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Cape Argus
August 5, 2009