South Africans Urged to Buy World Cup Tickets

Organizers are now trying to sell 500,000 tickets to locals.
South Africans Urged to Buy World Cup Tickets
A man walks past a wall painted with flags in Soweto, April 11, of countries taking part in the FIFA World Cup to be held in South Africa from June 11 to July 11. Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images
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A man walks past a wall painted with flags in Soweto, April 11, of countries taking part in the FIFA World Cup to be held in South Africa from June 11 to July 11. (Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images)
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