WHEREAS the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the world governing body for the sport of football and is responsible for promoting football around the world through education and development programmes and through promoting and supervising international matches;

AND WHEREAS FIFA invited the African Member Associations affiliated to FIFA to bid for the right to serve as host for the final competition of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and provided interested national associations with a List of Requirements regarding the staging and hosting of the final competition of the 2010 FIFA World Cup;

AND WHEREAS the South African Football Association (SAFA) confirmed its bid for the right to serve as host of the final competition of the 2010 FIFA World Cup by submitting the bid documentation to FIFA;

AND WHEREAS the Government of the Republic of South Africa confirmed its support for SAFA's bid to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup by issuing a Declaration in terms of which it undertook to issue all guarantees requested in the List of Requirements to ensure the success of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and to take all measures necessary in order to comply with such guarantees and shall perform its obligations with due co-operation;

AND WHEREAS FIFA has appointed SAFA as host of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa in accordance with the Organising Association Agreement;

AND WHEREAS the Government of the Republic of South Africa has a duty to pursue major developmental goals as demanded by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, as reflected in broad initiatives to eradicate poverty by 2014 which have been endorsed by the people of South Africa and the United Nations, the Government must strike a balance between the broad national interests of the Republic and the specific interests of FIFA when implementing its guarantees;

AND WHEREAS it is necessary to enact legislation to give effect to the Declaration and the guarantees referred to above,

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:—