Cape Town - South Africa's law enforcement agencies were "100% prepared" ahead of tomorrow's 2010 FIFA Final Draw to be held here in the city, said the Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa.

"Now, on the eve of the FIFA 2010 Final Draw and with just 188 days until kick-off, we are fully convinced that the security forces, supported by our intelligence community and all other role-players, are 100% prepared to efficiently secure these events and all parallel activities," said Mthethwa, who together with Police Commissioner Bheki Cele briefed the media in the city today.

He said the country had hosted 140 high profile sporting and other events since 1994 and was ready for 2010.

Dedicated police personnel with 44 police vehicles would be tasked with patrolling 14 routes in and around Cape Town ahead and during the draw.

There would also be air patrols by the South African Air Force and maritime patrols by the SA Navy, SA Police Service's border and sea units

While police would patrol those areas where events were taking place as part of the Final Draw, police officers would also be based at hotels where team members and FIFA delegates were staying.

A joint intelligence coordinating committee, made up of police, the SA Secret Service and the National Intelligence Agency and the military intelligence would be on alert 24 hours a day seven days a week.

The security plan for the Final Draw has been in place since 25 November and will run until 10 December.

Cele, who said 1 000 police officers would be on duty at tomorrow's draw, pointed out that the police had so far spent R660 million on security and added that an additional R640 million would be spent on security operations for 2010.

In all 41 000 of the police's current 183 000 members would be devoted to policing 2010 matches.

Answering a question from the media on whether the structures that had been put in place in by police for 2010 security would remain in place after the event, Cele said these would stay, adding that "right now we (the police) are on a role in fighting crime".

He said the whole world would now be converging on South Africa, pointing out that South Africa was "the place to be from this day till the 11th July".

Deputy police commissioner Andre Pruis, who heads up the police's 2010 security arrangements, said everything was running "very, very smoothly" and reasoned that this was perhaps down to good planning.

Pruis also praised Western Cape Police Commissioner Mzwandile Petros's members saying they had proved "excellent" police officers.

Regarding policing preparations ahead of the festive season, Mthethwa pointed out that taxi ranks, shopping malls and other recreation areas would receive special focus from police.