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South Africa World cup organizers worried about Zimbabwe!
The 2010 World Cup Local Organising Committee in South Africa has said the political unrest in Zimbabwe will disturb the World Cup in 2010.
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LOC chairperson Irvin Khoza acknowledged that Zimbabwe's political crisis needed to be solved urgently to ensure that the 2010 World Cup in South Africa was not interrupted.
He was concerned about the crisis in Zimbabwe as the country was one of the proposed camping bases for teams participating in the World Cup.
"Yes, we are concerned about the spill-over in terms of the security reasons for the 2010 World Cup. The matter has to obviously be solved urgently as Zimbabwe is one of the proposed basing camps for the World Cup," said Khoza.
On Monday, Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai warned that the crisis in Zimbabwe could blight the pride Africa had taken in South Africa being selected to host the 2010 World cup.
Said Khoza: "We are happy that Tsvangirai himself has expressed confidence in our president and we ourselves are confident that our president will be able to broker the situation before the 2010 World Cup."
As part of the safety campaigns for 2010, South Africa 's police commissioner Jackie Selebi proposed to the safety and security committee in parliament last week that prostitution and public drinking be legalised.
He said it did not make sense to arrest all the prostitutes or fans drinking in public and suggested that government adopt innovate ways of controlling public drinking and prostitution.
His comments have been slated by opposition parties and Doctors for Life International, who said his suggestions were "appalling".
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