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No contradiction in poor Africa hosting a FIFA World Cup, Jordaan insists


The CEO of the World Cup Local Organising Committee (LOC) Danny Jordaan argued on Monday that, while it could not be denied that South Africa and Africa had serious social challenges and competing fiscal demands, it would be wrong to suggest that the 2010 FIFA World Cup was being hosted at the expense of the poor.

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