New ticketing system installed at a cost of R3,5m

Stadium Management South Africa (SMSA) is rectifying and putting stringent measures in place to prevent fraudulent ticket holders, and those without tickets, access to their venues, ahead of the coming and highly anticipated Soweto derby between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates later this month.

- By Kgomotso Mokoena

The management company has spent a whopping R3.5-million in implementing a new ticketing technology called static mobile scanners. There will be three check points to identify and block people with black market tickets and those who attempt to gain access deceitfully.

In one of last season's derbies, there was chaos when more than 10000 supporters gained free access to the venue, something that could have resulted in a stampede. This was after bootleg and counterfeit tickets were sold nonchalantly outside the venue.

As part of rectifying the process, there will be a visual inspection at the first checkpoint.