South Africa: They can even organise a WC

Someone (I assume a neocon libertarian as he gets quoted on Samizdata) has this to say about the World Cup:

And it was with a heavy and cynical heart that I read the latest attack on Brazil’s preparations for the 2014 World Cup in the Guardian.

“And so to 2014. Three years ago, when Brazil was unveiled as the host of the next World Cup, the country’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, promised a tournament so well organised that even his country’s greatest rivals – the Argentinians – would be unable to criticise it. Now, however, even Brazilians are starting to speak out against the lack of progress in stadium construction and infrastructure projects, amid concern over corruption and bad planning and calls for the number of host cities to be cut from 12 to 10.”

It’s exactly what they were saying about South Africa 4 years ago. And that’s got me on the phone to my local salt mine.

Because the issues over crime and security were unfounded. The allegations that the stadiums would not be ready or would not be up to standard were nonsense. Our transport system upgrades were completed and well utilised. And when the media realised this, they moved on to more trivial, more foolish stories of snakes, race wars and the like.

Sounds fantastic, doesn’t it?

Well, not quite, as he later admits. He criticizes the Guardian for not being pro-SA enough (!), and for writing this:

Marcotti wrote of some long, unpleasant drives in the dark after covering matches. Commenting on the lack of dual carriageways and lit highways in certain areas, he described negotiating one road heading towards Jo’burg as “like snorkelling in a sewer filled with squid ink”. Shortly afterwards came the sad news that a German journalist had been killed in a car accident while driving to a Confederations Cup match.

And, uh, the roads were unlit at night. But, apparently, this didn’t really matter, ‘cos, you know, it’s not like matches take place in the evening and fans might have to get back to their hotels at night.

Why do I mention all this? Simply because it shows how making un-pc warnings is never good for your reputation. If any of them fail to come true, well, by gods, there’s racism for you! The WC in SA was no great success: the television coverage frequently failed, the unlit roads were unsafe for visiting fans, the native fans were about as raucous and disruptive as any in the world. But some things that might have turned out to be problems (such as SA’s crime rates) didn’t, and this apparently makes all predictions that it might have a ‘fantasy about racial wars’.

What is more, the fact that the WC was not a total failure will be taken as evidence that SA’s failure in just about everything else is down to malign Western influence. Yes, the WC was the time when the Western world meddled in SA as at no other time. But the logical conclusion to be drawn from that is downright impossible for the pc.

25% unemployment. Murder rates, including of blacks, high and rising. Periodical loss of electricity. But, hell, at least the new rainbow South Africa can host a few football matches.

Posted by Alex Zeka on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 01:38 PM in World Affairs
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Posted by Guessedworker on July 17, 2010, 05:58 PM | #

The mystery of the cessation of farm murders during the WC:

http://fromtheold.com/news/farm-murders-decline-during-world-cup-2010070619580.html

Blackwash group says xenophobia anger should be directed at “settlers” (white people):

http://fromtheold.com/news/blackwash-group-says-xenophobia-anger-should-be-directed-settlers-2010071019646.html

Posted by Dasein on July 17, 2010, 06:02 PM | #

If and when whites have finally been driven from South Africa, the successful construction and maintenance of water closets will be worthy of national pride.

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