Security is also a main concern. South Africa will deploy forty thousand police officers. They must protect visitors from crime, fan disorder and terrorist threats. The government is spending nearly two billion dollars on security training and equipment.
Critics say the money could have been better spent helping poor people in the country. But South African President Jacob Zuma says holding the World Cup has brought development that will help the country for many years.
ASSOCIATED PRESSSouth Africa's Steven Pienaar, in yellow, fights for the ball against Lars Jacobsen of Denmark in a friedly match Saturday
BARBARA KLEIN: Thirty-two teams will start the World Cup in South Africa with dreams of reaching football glory. Possibly the biggest hero of the event will come from one of the traditional European or South American football powers. They include Italy, Germany, Brazil and Argentina. Those nations alone have won fourteen of the eighteen World Cups held since nineteen thirty.
But there are other, less likely, heroes. Roger Milla was a star for the memorable team from Cameroon in nineteen ninety. At age thirty-eight he scored four goals as his team gave the best performance ever by a team from Africa.
For one month, the drama of international football will play out in South Africa. New sports heroes will make history. But the greatest results could take place off the field.
Loren Rutherford depends on the tourism business. She believes the Word Cup could change her country.
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