Six South African airlines are being investigated for allegedly colluding to hike fares for local flights during the football World Cup in June.

The country’s presidency said it had received public complaints that fares had become “drastically high”.

South African Airways has agreed to provide the Competition Commission with evidence against the other airlines.

Fifa recently said fewer foreign fans than expected would go to the World Cup - partly due to a lack of flights.

Many fans are likely to fly between different World Cup venues which are spread around South Africa.

The airlines being investigated are: Comair, South African Airways (SAA), 1time, Airlink, SA Express and Mango.