Long queues form in South Africa for World Cup tickets

by agdobson | April 16, 2010 at 09:52 am

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As the FIFA 2010 World Cup draws closer and the excitement builds, FIFA had released some of the tickets in South Africa, but fans who queued for the tickets became frustrated as the computer systems failed and scuffles broke out. The original process of buying tickets via the internet was difficult for many South Africans which excluded people without web access and and credit cards.

Thousands of fans who queued overnight in South Africa finally got their hands on World Cup tickets, but scuffles broke out as computers crashed.

Some 500,000 tickets were sold at various venues on Thursday.

But police used pepper spray to control frustrated fans and in Cape Town a 64-year-old man died from a heart attack.

The tragedy in Cape Town came after fans from all over the country had queued from Wednesday afternoon as World Cup fever gripped South Africa.