A 64-year-old man dies while waiting to buy tickets for the soccer World Cup in South Africa . Cape Town police say the pensioner had been number 555 in the queue . South Africans had waited up to 20 hours as 500,000 tickets were made available . Johannesburg , South Africa ( CNN ) -- The government says it will spend more than R100 million on security and transport costs during the tournament, which begins June 12 with a match between Germany and Ghana at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg.
A 64-year-old man dies while waiting to buy tickets for the soccer World Cup in South Africa . Cape Town police say the pensioner had been number 555 in the queue . South Africans had waited up to 20 hours as 500,000 tickets were made available . The government says it will spend more than R100 million on security and transport costs during the tournament, which begins June 12 with a match between Germany and Ghana at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg.