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By: RMP

RMP — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:47:41 +0000

Instead of the image conjured up of a million visitors in terror, there will be a million having fun as a friendly nation laps up the party they are hosting for everyone. If the two million ticket applications in the first phase of sales are anything to go by, it looks like the scare-mongers are losing the argument anyway.

When Nelson Mandela stood high on the podium as South Africa lifted the Rugby World Cup and African Cup of Nations in the mid 1990s, it meant so much to the pride of his wounded nation, a feel-good factor which rippled throughout the continent and the world beyond.

By: Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:07:30 +0000

Will it be logistically perfect? I doubt it. Will that prevent it from being perceived as a success when assessing the big picture?

Absolutely.

For a continent that has contributed so much to the game on meager resources, it’s only right IMO that the World Cup goes to Africa. It’s a global game.

By: RMP

RMP — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:32:08 +0000

Great read. South Africa 2010 is an opportunity to experience a global sporting event on the African continent – the homeland of some of the world’s best footballers and best football fans – for the first time in history.

Too many of those crying that South Africa is a third world hellhole waiting to swallow up travelling fans have conveniently forgotten the 1995 Rugby World Cup, 1996 African Cup of Nations, 2003 Cricket World Cup, several British & Irish Lions tours and Tri-Nations rugby games, as well as this year’s IPL cricket tournament, which have all perforate the doomsday scenario. Fact is, in many ways, this will remain Sepp Blatter’s biggest legacy – the first World Cup in Africa.