No incidence of violence at the 10 South African FIFA Fan Fests with 1,5 million visitors in two weeks
Monday, 28 June 2010 09:36
Pretoria - More than three million fans world-wide attended the 16 FIFA Fan Fest venues since the start of the World Cup in South Africa two weeks ago, the football governing body said on Sunday.
It said 1.5 million people visited the ten Fan Fest venue in South Africa while similar figures were recorded in Rome, Paris, Berlin, Sydney, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro.
The Fan Fest have been particularly successful in coastal towns where there has been warmer temperatures.
In South Africa, Durban topped the attendance to its Fan Fest venues with more than 375 000 people having watched the World Cup games on the giant screens. At least 304 581 people visited Fen Fest venues in Cape Town followed by Port Elizabeth with 146 974 and Sandton with 133 326.
"We will use the learnings (sic) from the 2010 World Cup to define what we will do in Brazil (2014)," said head of FIFA business development and new media Ralph Straus.
He said that no incidents of violence had been reported in all FIFA viewing areas in South Africa, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Sydney, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro.
At the Bellville Veledrome, one of the City of Cape Town's fan parks during the World Cup, there were two cases of crime: a drunk person and a fight. 6500 fans packed the Veledrome on 11 June before the opening match of the World Cup.
The Veledrome was open on the days Bafana Bafana played and is open on Cape Town match days.
Source: Tygerburger
Comments (1)
crime free south africa
1
Monday, 05 July 2010 15:17
K Hunter
Thanks you for your article,
I find your statistic very interesting, stating that there haas been no violence whatsoever in fan parks in south africa. I work as a doctor in an emergency unit in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa and have worked on many nights during matches. I have treated one man who was stabbed in the heart during one of the Bafana Bafana matches and many others who attended fan parks during that time. Possibly your reporting only covered fan parks in heavily touristy areas, as I assure you that the reality in the majority of South Africa has been far from free from violence during this period. I would be very interested to find out where you acquired your statistics from.
AllicaIt is obvious you're picking out the only few positive things left in SA for your site. You're accusing other sites to be misleading but what are you doing. You deliberately leave out all the bad things. Don't you think tourists has the right to know what's really going on. Their deaths will be on you. We left South Africa for Australia because of crime. That's not normal, is it? And if it was only a few people leaving SA then the problem would be them but we're talking about 1 million people... Read more/Comment
Contributions needed
As I am a student, I don't have much time, apart from my holidays, to do research and write articles. I would appreciate if volunteers e.g. blog owners, freelance journalists or criminologists would allow me to place their articles (credit will be given to the author). Articles just need to be in line with the mission of the website (see About). Contact me
Want your website or blog listed?
If you want your website to be listed in the Links Section of my website, you're welcome to send me an e-mail with your link and a short description of your website. Any websites related to Crime in South Africa, Tourism and the 2010 Soccer World Cup are welcome. For more information on the amount of traffic on my site click here.
Getting behind the statistics to offer a sober and sobering account of the scale of the crime problem and its evolution, the book describes how government has sometimes sought to deal with the crisis and sometimes sought to deny its existence. The book ends with some suggestions of what needs to be done to deal with this scourge. Buy
I find your statistic very interesting, stating that there haas been no violence whatsoever in fan parks in south africa. I work as a doctor in an emergency unit in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa and have worked on many nights during matches. I have treated one man who was stabbed in the heart during one of the Bafana Bafana matches and many others who attended fan parks during that time. Possibly your reporting only covered fan parks in heavily touristy areas, as I assure you that the reality in the majority of South Africa has been far from free from violence during this period. I would be very interested to find out where you acquired your statistics from.