The same would apply to a house,
an appliance, theatre tickets and even a donut.
I would be able to sell my belongings to any willing buyer
because I paid for it in full and therefore it belonged
to me.
Can MBSA insist that I am only able to sell
the car back to them?
Can Pam Golding insist that I can only sell the house back
to them?
Can Game and the bakery insist…
You get the point?
Can they take it a step further and make
it an offence for me to sell the product to anyone but them?
So who the fok does FIFA think they are?
The Gods of all things remotely connected to soccer?
According to media reports, the Trade and
Industry Department's new regulations, which come into effect
on Monday, make it a criminal offence to sell your World
Cup tickets without FIFA's consent.
Culprits found guilty could be fined R200 000, face five
years in prison or both.
Match event services was FIFA's exclusive
service provider allowed to sell and distribute tickets
for the tournament, and anyone who does not want their tickets
must sell them back to FIFA.
Has the monopoly laws and the Competitions
Board been scrapped for the duration of the SWC?
Was it in fact a condition of hosting the
2010 SWC that all laws and regulations in South Africa be
rewritten according to FIFA’s whims and wishes?
Kader Khan
