The 2006 World Cup in Germany was “A Time to Make Friends”, and as the tournament showed, there is no better way to make friends than to host it in a country where prostitution and public drinking are legal.

Jackie Selebi, South Africa’s National Police Commissioner, thinks that might be just the ticket to make the 2010 World Cup a success too. Speaking to the Parliamentary Safety and Security Committee he said:

“I want you to apply your minds to my dilemma of what to do with the thousands of soccer hooligans expected to imbibe in public spaces and those who would feel the urge to try out other more exotic pastimes both currently illegal in South Africa”

“You as a committee must be sitting and thinking of how we are going to get around this. If a visiting fan is out on the street having a bottle of beer, must I arrest him, because it is illegal?