The South Gauteng Court ruled yesterday to lift the veil of secrecy over the 2010 World Cup tendering process.

This came after the Mail and Guardian had made an application for such to the court asking it to force the(Local Organising Committee) LOC to release the documents to it. Acting judge Les Morrison ruled that the LOC must turn over such documents to the newspaper within 30 days.

The LOC had sought to defend the claim on the grounds that it was not a public entity and as such did not have to comply with public procurement legislation. Morrison however, found that the public would have no way of knowing if there was corruption in the World Cup tendering process if the public was not afforded access to the documents.