South Africa 2010 chief promises safe World Cup 12/11/2009 |
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The chief executive of next year’s World Cup in South Africa has reassured sponsors and supporters that every necessary step has been taken to protect visitors to the tournament.
Danny Jordaan was responding to concerns about the country’s ability to keep people safe next summer because of the high crime rate South Africa.
He pointed out that the Government had invested about R1.3bn in World Cup security. There will be 41,000 police officers at the tournament, with about 700 at each match.
“Yes, we have crime,” said Jordaan, but he added that there was a difference between “societal crime and the ability to host a big event”.
Jordaan argued that South Africa had regularly proved itself capable of hosting international sporting events, starting with the Rugby World Cup in 1995, just a year after the country’s first democratic elections.
“The Rugby World Cup, the Cricket World Cup, the Athletics World Cup and now the Football World Cup,” he said. “In golf too - the Presidents Cup and other major events. You cannot mention more than 10 countries in the world with that kind of event profile.”
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