Just for a bit of negativity, coz you all know we feed off of it… I am not feeling the soccer world cup vibes… and I don’t think the ‘whole’ country is behind it. I have quiet a few friends who couldn’t care less, some even leaving the country during that period. I remember before the Soccer World Cup in Germany, Switzerland marketed themselves as a great holiday destination… cleverly however that marketing campaign was aimed directly at women, women who had men in their lives going to the World Cup. I wonder if Zim has been doing the same?
I actually cannot wait for the World Cup to be over, then we will really be able to take stock of how much good it has done for SA. I also wonder if I should be stock piling food, due to supposed price increases, like many of my friends (those friends who are not leaving SA) are doing.
On a positive note, the fixing of our roads is awesome! High Five to SA for getting that sorted, but did we really need a world sport event to kick us into gear to fix the roads? What about all these flower beds and trees that have been planted in and on traffic islands through out the country. Who’s gonna continue to look after those or will the flowers just die, weeds grow between all the rocks and the trees grow so big that they actually become a problem.
Yes, I know I am being ridiculously positive about it all!! Actually you know what I am keen to see… the World Cup filmed in 3D!
1:18 pm, June 19, 2010Janes Oosthuizen /
I totally agree with you on the negative part, and NEVER used to watch football but then I watch the bafana bafana vs uruguay game the other day and it made me realise its actually quite fun to watch.. but SA has spent ALOT of money on fixing the roads, stadiums, cities etc and I wonder if, when the world cup is over, SA will be able to afford all that. which I doubt and like you said will it all be maintained… hmm… but I give a high five to SA for handling the World Cup very nicely and proffesionally till now. lets see the rest aye!