{"id":21947,"date":"2013-08-16T13:23:03","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T11:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/mbalula-urges-south-africans-to-support-mandela-sports-and-culture-day\/"},"modified":"2013-08-16T13:23:03","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T11:23:03","slug":"mbalula-urges-south-africans-to-support-mandela-sports-and-culture-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/mbalula-urges-south-africans-to-support-mandela-sports-and-culture-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Mbalula urges South Africans to support Mandela Sports and Culture Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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South African Minister of Sports and Recreation Fikile Mbalula delivers a speech. Photo: AFP<\/p>\n

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has asked South Africans to show their support for the national teams on the inaugural Nelson Mandela Sports and Culture Day.<\/p>\n

The event will be held on Saturday at the FNB Stadium in Soweto. So far more than 50 thousand tickets have been sold.<\/p>\n

In a unique double-header, Bafana Bafana will be playing Burkina Faso and the Boks will take on Argentina<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The matches will be followed by a star-studded concert, where several of South Africa\u2019s top musicians will be performing.<\/p>\n

Mbalula says the sold-out seats, which include the corporate boxes, indicate big business is supporting the day.<\/p>\n

But in acknowledging that many South Africans can\u2019t afford the tickets, which start at R220, he said: \u201cThose people who are still struggling are the ordinary South Africans and even with that we are meeting them halfway they can come to the stadium and all of that and they will actually be in a position to be accommodated.\u201d \u2013 eNCA<\/a><\/p>\n

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