Cape Town – The police will continue providing security at the four stadiums hit by wildcat strikes until the end of the World Cup, national police commissioner General Bheki Cele said on Thursday.
Police would also stay on at the international broadcast centre at Nasrec, he told a media briefing in Cape Town.
He said the stadiums were all those where security had been contracted to Stallion Security.
If there were disruptions at any other stadiums, the police would be ready to take over there as well.
On Tuesday, police took over the security of the inner perimeters of Moses Mabhida stadium, in Durban, Cape Town stadium, and Soccer City and Ellis Park, in Johannesburg.
This was after strike action by security guards and stewards over wages.
In Durban, the guards overturned refuse bins and hurled objects at the police, who opened fire on them with rubber bullets, in the early hours on Monday after the game between Germany and Australia.
In Cape Town, guards walked off the job before the match between Italy and Paraguay on Monday.
"A meeting between the South African Police Service and the Local Organising Committee has resulted in an interim arrangement of SAPS taking over the security detail at four stadia... in the interest of ensuring safety of the World Cup tournament," police spokesperson Major General Nonkululeko Mbatha said on Tuesday.
Police would also stay on at the international broadcast centre at Nasrec, he told a media briefing in Cape Town.
He said the stadiums were all those where security had been contracted to Stallion Security.
If there were disruptions at any other stadiums, the police would be ready to take over there as well.
On Tuesday, police took over the security of the inner perimeters of Moses Mabhida stadium, in Durban, Cape Town stadium, and Soccer City and Ellis Park, in Johannesburg.
This was after strike action by security guards and stewards over wages.
In Durban, the guards overturned refuse bins and hurled objects at the police, who opened fire on them with rubber bullets, in the early hours on Monday after the game between Germany and Australia.
In Cape Town, guards walked off the job before the match between Italy and Paraguay on Monday.
"A meeting between the South African Police Service and the Local Organising Committee has resulted in an interim arrangement of SAPS taking over the security detail at four stadia... in the interest of ensuring safety of the World Cup tournament," police spokesperson Major General Nonkululeko Mbatha said on Tuesday.