No World Cup vuvuzela ban

Vuvuzelas will not be banned from the World Cup despite the fearsome noise the plastic trumpets make, organisers have said.

"Vuvuzelas are here to stay and will never be banned," said Rich Mkhondo, a spokesman for the local World Cup organising committee.

"People love the vuvuzelas around the world. Only a minority are against vuvuzelas. There has never been a consideration to ban vuvuzelas."

Mkhondo was reacting to a report that the chief organiser Danny Jordaan had not ruled out banning the most talked about instrument in this World Cup.

The plastic vuvuzela trumpet has been controversial since the Confederations Cup last year when several players complained they could not communicate through the din, which sounds like a herd of charging elephants.

Fifa President Sepp Blatter rejected calls for them to be banned, saying they are as typical of South African football as bongo drums or chants in other countries.