So we had the rehearsal for the draw last night and Charleze Theron, who is doing the draw, while practicing pulled a piece of paper from the "hat" and read out loud......IRELAND....much to every bodies delight accept for FIFA's. I am going to be one of those people who are not going to support France as I believe that they got into the World Cup by cheating.Then this morning Sky news did an insert on the World Cup and Cape Town and low and behold they went into the township and did a thing on the poor unfortunate "post apartheid" people and the effect of the World Cup on them. As a South African, I am so sick of getting the poor people and apartheid shoved down our throats by international countries and news agencies. I think we have, as a nation, dealt with the past and are now trying to work on the future, however we will not be able to do that if international companies keep on reminding us of apartheid.
Just once I want to see a news insert on South Africa showcasing the art or talent or country and not mentioning apartheid once...
1 comment:
dude, they always show the worst. I remember watching a doccie in the UK - i wish i remember what it was called, i remember it was only produced last year, but they only showed the crime, the dirt, the poor.
it is a sad thing. and you are right, its time they stop reminding us of how bad the past was. WAS.
Cape Town must be MAD right about now? hehe, yussy i wish i was there. the VIBE must be awesome!
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