Blatter picks South Africa

FIFA chief Sepp Blatter has left South Africa and judging by the noises coming from South Africa, he's happy with the progress. He did however, call for more publicity, so we'll do our best to help out.

"What I am missing a little bit here is the identification that next year is already the Confederations Cup," he said.

As well as meeting with ANC President Jacob Zuma, he also met with Nelson Mandela and chairperson of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, Khanyi Mkhonza, at a function the SABC board held in Blatter's honour.

But the best news coming out of the visit was that the ticket prices wouldn't change, irrespective of the exchange rate in the future, for the lowest grade of ticket. The tickets will sell for $20 and the rate will remain at R7 to the dollar.

The tickets will be sold, as confirmed in March this year, for 140 Rand - regardless of the exchange rate in the future.

Organising committee chairman Irvin Khoza said “One of the motivating factors was to make sure that we protect the South African residents. You must understand that the building of the stadia comes out of the taxpayers money so its very important that we make the price reasonable for the people of this country.”

As for more promotion, if you have any ideas on how we can help with that, let us know!