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Cape Town - The metalworkers' union (Numsa) is
urging the local organising committee of the 2010 Fifa World Cup to cut prices
for match tickets drastically so that South Africans and fans from other
African states can afford to attend.
The union says it has noted the 'serious concerns' of the LOC chief
Danny Jordaan that tickets for Bafana Bafana matches and for matches to be
played by other African states are not selling well.
"We strongly believe that the low purchases of the tickets are a
manifestation of the sharpening class realities in our country and beyond
our borders, wherein the ordinary people can't even afford basic necessities
such as bread, milk and a decent meal," the union said on Wednesday.
Numsa is also calling for tickets to be available at places other than
the FNB banking halls. The metalworkers say that the LOC should reconsider
welling tickets at post offices "as opposed to the capitalist banks, which
are not located where the main supporters of football are residing".
"In our country and Africa, the workers and the poor are not only
the bed-rock, main supporters and the reproducers of football stars, but
they use football as a cathedral to promote peace, friendship and solidarity
given the brutal role of capitalism on Africa's under-development and
ravaging wars," the union said.
- I-Net Bridge