By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
The Premier Soccer League (PSL) announced that tickets for Saturday’s much anticipated Soweto Derby between Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs at the FNB Stadium are sold out.
It’s the 180th Soweto Derby as the Sea Robbers and the Glamour Boys revive their rivalry.
Only one point separates the two sides on the log and the winner will move into second place.
Bertie Grobbelaar, managing director of Stadium Management SA, who are in charge of the stadium, says they have introduced a new access mechanism to limit illicit tickets being used to gain entry into the ground.
Grobbelaar said while they could not control illicit traders from printing tickets, they had improved their verification systems and increased security measures to mitigate against fake ticket holders gaining entry.
“We have introduced a double scanning system. The turnstile scan and at the search point your ticket will be scanned. I am confident that you will not go through those two points with a fake ticket.
“When you arrive at the venue you go through a soft check where someone looks at the physical ticket, then you go through the search point and then the scan. Now an additional scanning point has been added at the final point.”
Kaizer Chiefs Starting 11: Bvuma, Hlanti, Msimango, Kwinika, Frosler, Maart ©, Castillo, Mdantsane, Mmodi, Saile, Du Preez Subs: Petersen, Mashiane, Nj Ngcobo, Solomons, Mthethwa, Nk. Ngcobo, Gonzalez, Duba, Vilakazi Head Coach: Cavin Johnson.