Public safety and security during the 2010 Soccer World Cup

Abstract

The South African Government, most of the South African public, and not least the private business sector, are highly motivated to host a successful 2010 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup. The tournament is seen as an opportunity to ensure long-term sustainable development of the social and economic infrastructure and to enhance job creation, as well as poverty alleviation and tourism, to name but a few aims over and above sport development. However, security is a major factor in a country where crime is rife and where reports of murder, rape, and violent armed robbery are a daily occurrence.