Firstly cabotage is not one of the freedoms of the air.
The point I was trying to get across was that
countries have laws in place to protect themselves and prevent foreign carriers from operating domestically within its borders.
Emirates will get their return on investment by the publicity
they will get during the soccer matches and pre and post match interviews.
They signed a commercial deal with FIFA and as far as I know, FIFA have
got no authorisation to permit flights by a foreign carrier within RSA.