Nigeria, Ghana and Egypt have also indicated a wish to host the 2006 event, but Jordaan said he expected all three to withdraw by the April 30 deadline set by CAF, the African Football Confederation, which wants a single bidder.
"My feeling is that we may only have Morocco around by April 30, and we are on our way to talk to them," he said.
"We will talk to Morocco to try to settle the African question. My feeling is CAF will support us and we will get the votes of the four others," Jordaan said.
If South Africa did become the sole bidder, it should logically then get to host the World Cup because even FIFA head Sepp Blatter had said it was the continent's turn, he added.
Jordaan said South Africa met or exceeded all of the requirements laid down by FIFA for countries qualifying to enter the bidding process.
It had the necessary sports stadiums with the appropriate capacity, the airports, the telecommunications networks, the transport system, world class banking and plenty of top quality hotels.
A major boost to the national campaign came this week with a decision by the national and provincial Rugby Football unions to allow their grounds to be used for the World Cup soccer matches.
Not only would this mean South African soccer not having to embark on a financially crippling stadium-building programme, but it is heavy with symbolism in the newly democratised nation.
Rugby has been traditionally dominated by the country's white minority, whereas soccer is the property of the black majority.
Opening the gates of the major rugby stadiums for soccer matches would show a strong committment to a racially-equal South Africa and represent another nail in the coffin of the apartheid legacy.
Jordaan said he was proud that the 65 million rand ($10.8 million) for the South African bid process had all been raised from local business, with not one cent of money from government.
By contrast the main competing bids from Germany and England had substantial quantities of state funding, he said.
He admitted that South Africa had a problem with crime, but said the government was starting to tackle it and he was confident it would be under control by 2006.
He also noted that Britain and Germany had their own urban crime problems as well as a fair number of soccer hooligans - a phenomenon so far alien to South Africa.
"Football is a truly global game. Africa must have the World Cup. It is in the interests of world football," Jordaan said.
Reuters
