KIMBERLEY, South Africa (AP) — An Uruguayan football association official has been robbed of money from a safe in his hotel room in Cape Town, and a pair of New Zealand television journalists had their equipment stolen from their hotel in Rustenburg.

The robbery involving the Uruguayan occurred Friday morning at the Vineyard hotel, several hours before Uruguay’s match with France. Police and hotel management were notified, association president Sebastian Bauza said. The amount stolen was more than $4,000, according to the association.

“Of course, they (the hotel staff) didn’t admit that money was missing nor did they find the person responsible (for the theft),” Bauza said, adding that the hotel management denied responsibility for the theft.

The hotel is about 10 minutes from the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town and the Uruguayan team stayed there only one night.

The victim was the Uruguayan association’s executive board president, Ernesto Rodriguez Altez, and he was part of a 15-member delegation traveling with the team, officials said.

Rodriguez shared the hotel room with another member of the delegation, but Bauza said that person didn’t have any connection with the theft.

“We knew that we came to a World Cup where they would be security problems,” Bauza said.

In another incident, TV New Zealand’s correspondent and cameraman were robbed of all their equipment at the FIFA-approved Sparkling Waters hotel in Rustenburg, foreign editor Max Hayton said. Thieves smashed their hotel room door when the two were out to dinner, he said. The estimated loss was $100,000.