| FIFA to give away World Cup tickets |
15 August: World governing body Fifa has launched a fund to give away 120,000 free tickets for the 2010 World Cup to poor South Africans. The tickets will be a reward to people involved in social development projects in the country. Danny Jordaan, chief of the Local Organising Committee, said the tickets will enable people who would never have a chance to attend the World Cup to see the event. Fifa has already set low prices for South Africans with tickets set at $17 compared to $80 for international tickets but with over a quarter of the workforce unemployed and many who are working earning less than $10 a day, even the cheap tickets are out of reach. 40,000 tickets have been allocated to construction workers who are building the stadiums but Jordaan warned that other citizens must pay to watch the matches.
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15 August: World governing body Fifa has launched a fund to give away 120,000 free tickets for the 2010 World Cup to poor South Africans. The tickets will be a reward to people involved in social development projects in the country. Danny Jordaan, chief of the Local Organising Committee, said the tickets will enable people who would never have a chance to attend the World Cup to see the event. Fifa has already set low prices for South Africans with tickets set at $17 compared to $80 for international tickets but with over a quarter of the workforce unemployed and many who are working earning less than $10 a day, even the cheap tickets are out of reach. 40,000 tickets have been allocated to construction workers who are building the stadiums but Jordaan warned that other citizens must pay to watch the matches.



















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