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South Africa,try living here!

If you are visiting South Africa, no problem, a great holiday destination, if you are travelling within South Africa, that’s also great, we have superb holiday destinations, comparable to the best in the world. So if you are reading this article, perhaps for information on the 2010 FIFA Soccer world cup, don’t be alarmed, carry on with your plans, you will be safe and will have a wonderful holiday.

Living here is another story, on the surface it all looks great, deep down, at grassroots and foundation level the country, the new and wonderful home of the so called rainbow nation, the nation who helped create leaders who will go into the annuls of history, the great Nelson Mandela who we all respect and admire, O.R. Thambo, Steve Bhiko, a brave freedom fighter of an age long past, Chaka Zulu, king of the mighty Zulu tribe, Moshesh; Piet Retief; Adam Tas; Olive Schreiner; Christian Barnard, Helen Suzman, great leaders and statesmen of a different era who must either be turning in their graves or watching progress with disdain.

Let’s take a brief look at our current leaders, they sit back and still, yes still, believe it or not, blame the old “apartheid” era for poor education, for poor hospital services, what a lot of clap-trap, guys, that was fifteen years ago, the education of our children has regressed continuously every year for over fifteen years, we’re talking about children conceived after the apartheid days, after billions of Rands (yes Billions) spent of corrupt arms deals. We have a President who takes adulterous relationships as normal practice, who thinks a shower will prevent him from being effected by the HIV or aids virus, good grief I think he has a junior school education and signs off on economic policies. The previous president ignored all the international medical experts, delayed the use or recommendation of ant-retroviral medicines for use by HIV positive members of his electorate and recommended they eat vegetables. The members of parliament who think the example set by those in England recently, basically stealing from their own electorate by using state funds, or public funds for their personal use, is just fine. A Mayor (East London/ Buffalo City) who claims to have entertained important clients by using her city credit card to buy take-away chicken, our own travelgate scandal where members of parliament, through a corrupt travel agent, used state funds to book non-work related flights.

One could go on forever, the increase in crime levels; unemployment, the ANC who celebrated another obvious election victory with a party costing in excess of R1 million, sufficient to feed thousands of their starving electorate.

There is an intrinsic deep seated problem in African politics and more importantly South African politics and the public service,  where a selfish, greedy, arrogant and inconsiderate attitude is evident in most public enterprises daily and is well publicised in the press. This virus, this scourge, this pandemic is working it’s way from the politician to the street sweeper. My domestic worker overheard two nurses at a clinic discussing how much money could be made infecting clean patients with the HIV virus, they would do it for a small cash payment and the patient would benefit for life from a state subsidy, why work after all. Children are having children to qualify for a state subsidy, corruption is rife in school feeding funds; the state pension system, an ID or drivers licence is hardly worth the paper it’s written on, I can buy you one tomorrow with less than R500 passing hands.  Rape is common, almost respected in some circles, tenders are awarded in an incestuous manner, the local hospital (Frere – East London) awarded the laundry contract to a person without a washing machine, I ask you with tears in my eyes, where to next.

I am not a professional writer, a politician, I am merely a person, born and raised in South Africa, as my parents and theirs were before me. I am one of the people of South Africa, one of the rainbow people who love this country, love the basic beautiful people of all colours and creed who pray and look forward to a future for our children, I love this land, your and my land, a land of beauty and splendour. I am a parent, I will be dead long before we reach our low point, where’s that you ask? In my humble opinion at this rate it will not be dissimilar to the story of our neighbour Zimbabwe. As we look, study and analyse what could have been, had our natural wealth and intrinsic ability not been plundered by the corrupt amongst us, the thieves.

I pray for and urge the South African populace, each and every one of us, politicians included, to grab the future with both hands, not to grab things that do not belong to you, we have enough of that already, but to grab the opportunity that sits in your face, the opportunity to become the first successful African Republic.

If you’re planning a visit, prepare yourself for an awesome experience, exciting, beautiful, spectacular are words that come to mind. Don’t  just come for the soccer, South African tourism offers visitors a really unique experience including East London, the Garden route, Durban and Port Alfred, Cape Town was voted as one if the top five tourism destinations in the world, these and many travel attractions abound. The undercurrents don’t matter yet. Accommodation standards and tourist facilities can hold their own with the best in the world, obviously, as when travelling in any strange destination certain basic rules if security and safety apply.

My advice though, don’t stay, take advantage of our poor economy and enjoy a low cost holiday and cheap beer, then head for the departure lounge at the airport…watch this space for a few years, dear God, I hope I am wrong. You gave us this gift, please save us from ourselves.

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2010: World Cup Soccer in South Africa

South Africa is not exactly one of those places where people plan a vacation and, therefore, with the 2010 World Cup Soccer tournament to take place in South Africa, a great deal is being done to help prepare for an onslaught of visitors to the area. World Cut Soccer is, on many levels, something like the Olympics and baseball’s World Series rolled into one; teams from around the world are already counting down and competing with their eyes on the World Cup in 2010 and fans are already looking into learning more about places to stay and even driving rules in South Africa.

All of this – fans looking into lodging and travel, teams playing for a shot at making the tournament – is already taking place. Even with almost two years to go before the 2010 World Cup Soccer tournament in South Africa, the official web site is documenting the way that teams are playing and that features a countdown to the event (with well over 600 days to go). So far, there are two hundred teams that have entered into the competition; two hundred teams that are aiming to be one of the thirty-one teams that will compete.

Teams from Spain, England, France, Germany and Italy are all competing as representatives of European nations. Africa has a total of fifty-three teams that are working their way through the preliminaries, with Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Zambia, Swaziland, Togo and other nations participating. Asian nations that hope to be in thirty one teams who will compete for the 2010 World Cup Soccer title in South Africa include Korea, Iran and Saudi Arabia. New Zealand and Fiji are both vying for a position from Oceania.

On the other side of the globe, teams from North and Central America as well as the nations of the Caribbean are competing and preparing for a spot in the 2010 World Cup Soccer tournament in South Africa. So far, teams from the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago and Honduras are leading the way. From South America, thus far, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay have taken the lead.

While it is far too soon to tell which nations will ultimately be among the thirty one spots in the 2010 World Cup tournament finals in South Africa, one thing is sure: each of the preliminary matches is grabbing the interest of soccer fans worldwide – all of whom are hoping that their nation or their favorite team will ultimately be represented. Photos of matches are available online, match details have been made available and these are just the first steps: the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will also offer live streaming coverage of the matches that are played; likewise, some preliminary matches will be aired live online.

The road to the 2010 World Cup Soccer tournament in South Africa is still long and winding, however that does nothing to slow down the ways in which players and fans have planned to travel it to reach their destination.

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South American World Cup Thrilling Marathon

Among the 10 nations which form the South American group are all time big names such as: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia and the growing ones Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela. Up to this point in the qualification rounds Paraguay leads the pack with a total of 10 points close followed by Argentina (9) and Brazil (8).

Quietly but efficiently the Paraguayan team continues at the top of the list ahead of the favourites after three consecutive wins and a draw. The team’s latest victory over Chile, 3-0, confirms the team is the most likely to qualify directly.

On the other hand, we have Argentina, a strong team that has indeed suffered unexpected setbacks like the recent lost 2-1 in Bogota against Colombia. Despite having the assistance of players such as; Lionel Messi and Juan Roman Riquelme whose performances continue to impress the football world, these proved not to be enough to overcome the Colombian warriors who are still undefeated after four matches with a total of 8 points and whose next test will be Peru in June.

Brazil, so far undefeated, still has an uncertain future, as Coach Dunga has not been able yet to find the winning formula to make the team unite as one soul as we are used to see them perform. Supporters are disappointed and unhappy and after four games only Kaká has been the most regular player.

Uruguay, from all the CONMEBOL qualifiers has been the most amazing team with plenty of talented players like; Cristian”Cebolla” Rodriguez, Luis Suarez, and Sebastian “El Loco” Abreu, The team has only four points but it is very likely they will move up next June once they play Venezuela and Peru.

After Sunday’s 2-2 draw, Chile, could only take one point after managing a tie against Uruguay. The two goals from captain Marcelo Salas were not sufficient for Chile to live the first ever win at Montevideo’s Centenary Stadium. Although, Chile was controlling possession, it was Uruguay who took the lead against the run of play. With a total of four points they will need to gain extra points during the next round in other to qualify.

Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia have been extremely disappointing during the campaign and have only picked up a few points not much is expected as the top names become more clear.

South Africa fashions – what to wear when watching the World Cup

The 2010 World Cup Finals will soon be here and just about every football fan in England will expect their national team to progress to the knock-out stages without too much difficulty. However, advancement beyond that point may well depend upon whether the team meets their arch-nemesis – Germany – in the subsequent knock-out stages; games against the ‘old enemy’ always prove difficult.

The vast majority of footie fans will be following England’s games during the World Cup tournament from either the comfort of their front room or in the pub packed with fellow fans. The tournament takes place during June and July; hopefully for England fans their team will still be in the competition comes the second week of July as that would mean they have made the final. So, the UK should be enjoying warm, pleasant summer weather with T-shirts and shorts de-rigueur as supporters eagerly follow the Three Lions.

Camouflage utility shorts are guaranteed to be widely worn along with retro football shirts or the latest England branded tops and T-shirts, across the entire country. Check shorts will also be popular amongst the England faithful as they pin their hopes on their team winning only their second ever World Cup trophy.

Showing support is important, so anything containing white or red but without England markings will also serve as a suitable top, as will any mens clothing carrying the cross of St George. With a bit of luck UK weather will be better during this summer than the ‘barbeque’ summer forecast during 2009, allowing all football fans to make a day of it each time England has a game. However, those lucky enough to be travelling to watch England’s games live will need to forget the shorts and T-shirts and instead pack warm clothes as South Africa is in the southern hemisphere. At the time the World Cup tournament takes place it will be the middle of winter and although winters in South Africa are not normally extremely cold, they can be chilly and very wet. So, waterproofs and plenty of warm clothing will be prerequisites.

Indeed, if you are lucky enough to be flying out to South Africa you should stock up now on winter fashions now as finding on-trend winter wear in the middle of a UK summer can prove very difficult. Get your supply of hoodies, sweaters and definitely a good warm wool bomber or ski jacket to ensure that you stay warm while watching the Three Lions hopefully go all the way to the final!

FIFA World Cup – South Africa 2010 Tickets Sales

Based on recent report release by FIFA, due to the high demand for certain favorite team, specific tickets series for countries like England, Brazil, Argentina, Republic of Ireland and Netherlands were sold out.

However in a statement release on 16th June 2009, which is exactly one year till the kickoff of the 2010 World Cup, the second ticketing phase which will serve on first come, first serve basis will continue to be made public until the 16th November 2009. This maybe a great relief for supporters who has yet to book their ticket.

According to the FIFA press release, as of today, there have been a total of 630,021 tickets in 188 different countries and territories sold. Half of those total orders, which amounts to 630,021 tickets were submitted by the locals, South African. USA supporters have purchased the second largest number of tickets (73,441), followed by United Kingdom (42,907), Germany (30,880) and Australia (15,038). Sales from Italy National team supporters has reached 6,063 tickets orders, Brazil fans, 5,777 tickets and France National team supporters alrady purchased 5,106 tickets so far.

According to FIFA, The second phase of the ticket sales has seen more than 105,322 tickets confirmed and approved so far. There is also and incredible demand for individual match ticket. For the time being, an additional 72,000 ticket requests are currently being processed (confirmations are due at the end of this week). Should any confirmed ticket not be paid by the applicant, it will be made available to the public again.

Supporters are advised to submit their orders to the official FIFA ticketing sites to avoid fraudulent and high prices on unofficial sites. World Cup is the most awaited event to soccer fans across the globe. Although there is live telecast brought by local TV stations, the feeling of being in the stadium and watching your favorite team playing for glory is totally a different feeling.

For more information on tickets, venue, game schedule, participating countries and players visit 2010 WorldCup South Africa

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Mascot for 2010 World Cup in South Africa Makes Appearance for Media

  Mascot for 2010 World Cup in South Africa makes appearance for media

A cuddly leopard named Zakumi will be the mascot of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.“THIS is the greatest thing that could have happened,” said former Bafana Bafana great and World Cup ambassador Mark Fish after Zakumi, a green- haired, yellow Leopard was unveiled on national television last night as the mascot for the 2010 tournament in South Africa. And at the same time the doll of Zakumi will be sold from http://www.lowestmall.com from next week.

Pretoria – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) – official broadcast partner of the 2010 Fifa World Cup? – will on Monday unveil the long awaited Official Mascot of the 2010 Fifa World Cup. The launch will be broadcast live on SABC1

The first two letters of Zakumi are the country’s initials in Afrikaans — one of South Africa’s 11 official languages. “Kumi” means 10 — for the year of the tournament — in many African languages, World Cup organizers said.Tim Modise,spokesman for the South African organizing committee,who wear a watch boughy from www.watchinstyle.com said zakumi also can be understood as “come here” in southern African languages.

Official Mascots have come to play a more and more important role in the Fifa World Cup as they represent the fun side of the event. And the Mascot was used as a way of showing the rest of the world that the event was fun for everyone.

Official Mascots not only serve to promote the event and entertain the crowd in the stadium, but also become worldwide “celebrities” through their extensive use by the Commercial Affiliates of the Fifa World Cup for licensing and merchandising programm.