It is the first time in the history of the FIFA World Cup that free tickets are being given away for the underprivileged. Construction workers and people in civil servant positions will qualify for FIFA's 120 000 tickets in total that will distributed amongst all the matches throughout the World Cup.
In the article below, Gia Nicolaides reports on the construction workers ad other workers who qualify. Use the navigation link to view articles on 2010 World Cup articles on CBN's website as well as business related articles.
Construction Workers to Reap Rewards of Their Efforts Author: Gia Nicolaides
Construction workers will be among some of lucky South Africans who will be given complimentary FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup tickets.
Eighty thousand tickets will be distributed to communities involved in education, environmental and health projects for 2010.
The organising committee’s Rich Mkhondo said the remaining tickets will go to those who have spent months building and refurbishing stadia across the country.