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Cape Town - Even if there had been more people it would have been difficult for children to get lost at Cape Town's Vygekraal fan party on Friday.
As they entered the stadium, parents and children were all given identifying wrist tags.
The tags were filled in by a team of volunteers at the gate.
The children's tags carried a parent's name and phone number; the parents in turn bore their children's names.
"There are a lot of things like human trafficking, and the child can get lost and all that," said volunteer Maria Sotoane.
Sporting his red wrist tag, Abdu Sh-Shakoor, 12, said he thought they were a good idea.
"If you get lost then this is here so that your mummy can find you," he said.
He was accompanied by his parents, two younger sisters and a trio of red vuvuzelas.
By 15:00 no more than a few hundred people had arrived at the venue, which is on the Cape Flats.
The fans who did come basked in the sunshine of a Cape winter afternoon as they waited for a giant screen to start showing the opening ceremony.
Most of them wore yellow Bafana Bafana t-shirts and many brought vuvuzelas and South African flags with them.
As they entered the stadium, parents and children were all given identifying wrist tags.
The tags were filled in by a team of volunteers at the gate.
The children's tags carried a parent's name and phone number; the parents in turn bore their children's names.
"There are a lot of things like human trafficking, and the child can get lost and all that," said volunteer Maria Sotoane.
Sporting his red wrist tag, Abdu Sh-Shakoor, 12, said he thought they were a good idea.
"If you get lost then this is here so that your mummy can find you," he said.
He was accompanied by his parents, two younger sisters and a trio of red vuvuzelas.
By 15:00 no more than a few hundred people had arrived at the venue, which is on the Cape Flats.
The fans who did come basked in the sunshine of a Cape winter afternoon as they waited for a giant screen to start showing the opening ceremony.
Most of them wore yellow Bafana Bafana t-shirts and many brought vuvuzelas and South African flags with them.
