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South Africa's police commissioner says the security plans could be changed if Nelson Mandela attends the World Cup's closing ceremony.
Gen. Bheki Cele said Tuesday that ``it keeps coming up that he might be there'' at the final at Johannesburg's Soccer City on July 11, so ``we will wait (to see) what happens on the day.''
The former president was expected to attend the opening match on June 11 but made a late decision not to go following the death of his great granddaughter in a car accident on the eve of the game.
Cele says police had confirmation that 23 heads of state and another 18 ``eminent people'' would be at the closing ceremony. He says he has been told that the number could rise.
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