Paul De Sousa

NOTE!

Small update to this very old post.

This post gradually grew from being a harmless one that turned into a discussion regardless safety of tourists and other people while attending the world cup South Africa 2010.

Without a doubt, safety is a major concern at any World Cup, South Africa 2010 will be no different, however, South Africa is not just a different country, it is a country currently through massive turmoil and faces problems such as power shortages, corrupt police officials, corrupt presidential hopefuls, naive and ignorant cabinet ministers and other major problems which are slowly and surely turning South Africa into another Banana Republic.

I hate to say it, but I am concerned for people who visit South Africa.

Make no mistake, this is a beautiful country which has lots to offer, but sadly, its rotting from the core out.

Read this post

and this one

Here are some concept images for the stadiums to be built for the world cup in 2010 in SA.

I must say they are groovy.

There is much indecision as to whether South Africa can actually pull it off.

Corrupt Politicians, Lazy Government officials, Inefficient staff in wrong positions everywhere and a host of other potential setbacks.

The Gautrain project is a prime example of the inefficiency of the current system, the project is already behind schedule.

If we do pull this off, I’ll be more than surprised, however only time will tell, there are 4 years and counting.

There are other setbacks already, the Taxi association needs to clean it’s act up so that there are more than adequate public transport systems by the time 2010 rolls around, but the process has been fruitless thus far, still many taxi drivers driving around out there without the proper papers, taxis in disrepair and posing major road hazards are still on the streets, the mere fact that the failure to get the Taxi drivers onto a payroll system controlled by the governing body is also a sure sign of the lack of ability to get certain things done before 2010.

If the WC2010 is taken away from South Africa, I will renounce my citizenship out of pure embarrassment.