59 days before WC2010 and SAMWU demands a 15% wage hike

With an event such as World Cup 2010, a nation would be pulling together to show the world what they´re all about. Finally, the world can see what South Africans are really like. Apartheid sufferers? I think not. Usurpers? Definately!

Just hope those visiting South Africa don´t get robbed, stabbed, hijacked, shot, raped, gang-raped, broom-stick impaled, hacked, or even bound in used tires and burnt alive.

Are you visiting South Africa? Pack mace, a shotgun, and bring your police-trained rottweiler along for the ride.

Just saying it as it is

Malema wants an apology? How cute…

Local South African clown Julius Malema wants a formal apology from BBC journo Jonah Fisher for questionaing why Sir Mal”EN”ema criticized the Zimbabwean political party Movement for Democratic Change for operating out of Sandton-based offices, an uptown area of the Johannesburg region. The question was made to confront Malema’s hypocritical remark, once the ANC Youth League “whatever” lives in Sandton himself. As a result, Julius “Anus” Malema called the reporter a bastard and accused him of being a conspirer, undermining, quote, “the credibility and integrity of African leaders”.Yeah, I questioning that too…

Just a note: all South African politicians drive top market cars and live in posh neighbourhoods while the people they should be representing are left to the dogs…

10 two-way dildos for Mal-ema for this latest F*** up.

Low Turnout at Stadiums

One of the main concerns that FIFA had during the Confed Cup was the low fan turnout at the stadiums. I had already mentioned that charging almost US$100,00 per ticket was sheer greed from their part (way above $100,00 at the final), considering that soccer is the sport of the masses in Sunny South Africa, but today I got some further info on what really caused disappointing crowd numbers: corporates trying to please clients.
The scoop is that companies bought a large amount of tickets and dished them out to clients as a “thank you for your business” gift. Now, most of those clients never showed up at the stadiums, because the majority of them are downright cricket or rugby fans. It’s no mystery that soccer, cricket and rugby draw in different crowds, a fact that event organizers are fully aware of. For the 2010 WC, they cannot, in no way, allow corporates to rake up a great portion of tickets to gift clients with; it’s not fair! Sell tickets, and this at a low price, to fans of the sport!!! If they do this, then maybe you’ll see fans on the stands. This is a far greater issue to be dealt with than the vuvuzela trumpet!

Schalk Burger tactics

The All-Seeing Eye!

To be honest, the British Lions have every right to make such a big fuss of Schalk’s new rugby tactics, but they’re clinging onto this with hopes that it’ll destabilize the Springboks. Desperate measures call for a lot of crying; let’s call it the Lions’ last resort before the final test match on July 4th.

But I think Div put it correctly today. The Springboks are passionate about the game, and are therefore rough and tough when on the pitch. It’s rugby for crying out loud! If you’re going to bitch because some bloke accidentally gauged your eye, gear up for badminton, girlieboy! Furthermore, why isn’t anyone blasting away Brian O’Driscoll’s tackle that knocked out Danie Rossouw? I bet that didn’t make the Queen Mother proud! Pommiecrites!!

There’s something about the Brits since they lost power over all their colonies: they seem to sob about everything…

Vuvuzela Trumpets

This Confed Cup is arguably the best held to date with powerhouses Italy, Spain and Brazil putting on strong performances – yes, I’m being sarcastic. If there’s team that is playing with heart, that team is Egypt. The pharoahs are taking the Cup seriously and really showing the world why they are African Champions. If they win, it’ll be great for Africa.

Now, I believe Fifa took on the King Fahd Cup because it saw the championship as a means of testing the structure of the nation to hold the next World Cup. South Africa has put on a good show so far despite some stadiums being a bit empty. There’s an explanation for that: at $100,00 a ticket, and games being held during working hours(the first match only), how the hell does FIFA expect to have fans on the stands? Idiots! Although this issue does bother, it is easily over looked the minute your ear drums start aching to the unceasing buzz echoing from the stands: the vuvuzela trumpets. The sound is annoying! That’s why the walls of Jericho fell! The people of Jericho broke the walls down on themselves to escape the blaring! Death was the sweeter option. Now, as for those South African fans, they are ALL LUNGS! Don’t they realize the commotion they’re creating? I’m fully aware that it is the country’s soccer culture, but it has to be done away with! Nobody will buy a ticket to have some guy blow the crap out of a vuvuzela throughout the match!

The players and the media have already taken note of this and I believe FIFA will have to come to a decision of whether to ban the ogrish trumpet or not. If nothing is done, the 2010 World Cup is bound to be marred by the ghastly vuvuzela.

Joel Santana the man?

I really don’t want to be harsh here against South African coach Joel Santana, but I cannot sit back and not shed my thoughts on SAFA’s decision in contracting him.

There is no doubt that he is talented, and can put together a team to win tournaments: he has shown this in Brazil. But glory in Samba land doesn’t guarantee success elsewhere and I see two factors that keep Joel from making SA football worthy of watching.

First: South Africa has no players! All respect to Pienaar and the boys, but there was no renewing of the team after the Dr. Kumalo/Bartlett/Fish etc generation called it a day. They, SAFA, probably thought a fresh batch of players would just pop out of fertile mother Africa. Did anyone see them water the ground atleast? Or were they too busy counting the cash in their own pockets?

Second: This one is Joel’s own Achilles Heel – language. Even though South Africa is a country of eleven official languages, Santana speaks none. Ok, he tries to scrape some English out, but how can you get respect if you don’t know how to communicate? Remember Scolari in Chelsea? No English? No job!

SAFA should have tried Guus Hiddink or SA’s own Clive Barker: the former speaks English and has freakin’ wide experience, and the latter knows what SA clubs have to offer in terms of players.

I just hope Bafana-Bafana make it through to the second round or they will have No-fan-a No-fan-a.

Trust in the ANC?

There’s nothing more vomit inducing than having to read sh*t like this. According to ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe, they only want trustworthy people to be part of their political affiliation. Oh yes, and they want Jacob Zuma for President. Trooly honest, hey?

“ ANC was built on truth and it lives by the truth.“

There should be some kind of penalty for politicians that go out publicly claiming to be honest, concerned with the good of society. Come election year, and we’re blown aback by this tidal wave of crap: corrupt people promising this and that, but the only promise they keep is that of filling their own pockets.

If voters had common sense, no ballot would be folded. Trustworthy, my friends, is just a word found in a dictionary.

Desmond Tutu agrees!

The man who was named after the South African dial tone spoke out. And I´m glad he did! I give you Desmond Tutu:

1/Jul/08 “We have to remind some in our country that there are those in Zimbabwe who have been ready to kill for Mr Mugabe,” said Tutu. “See what happens. They [the South Africans] speak about a revolution. Now, I don’t know what that refers to, but whatever it is, that revolution is not going to be sustained and preserved by intemperate, almost inane utterances. That revolution, the dream that is South Africa, the promise that is South Africa, that is going to be preserved when you and I are vigilant, you and I preserve freedom, you and I stand up for justice… you and I say, hey, our people did not shed blood for nothing.”

So, stop singing for Zuma. Don´t waste your time singing for men in general. It is not he who will feed your family or whatever, but you! Get off you political arses and start working for South Africa, and not for a political party that will do away with you if necessary.

You thought apartheid was tough? You think you´re free now? If you continue submitting to a man with no scruples, you´re done for. Think for youselves!

Consider Mugabe. Zimbabwe is every african´s dream, hey? puh-lease!

Zuma’s new zong

ANC president, Jacob Zuma, said he was happy with the delegates’ behaviour at the 23rd ANC Youth Rally held at NASREC, Johannesburg, on Sunday, 29th June.

So far, nothing bad about that. Just that the so-called “behaviour” that Mr. Zuma approved was a chant that went something like this:

“Choose to kill for Zuma”

How cute!!! Now isn’t that a beautiful song sung by thousands of ignorant young people for a man that stood trial for rape? For a man who apparently has HIV but, according to him, was able to miraculously wash it away after a *”nice hot shower”.

Where in today’s modern world do we openly hear something as hateful as this? Isn’t South Africa a democracy? Doesn’t the majority already hold power? Then why chant words like that!!!???

When questioned why, the president of the ANCYL, Julius Malema, responded:

“These are the words we use to express our love and dedication to the ANC movement” (imagine how he expresses himself to his parents??)

Yip, only in South Africa…

… and yes, this is South Africa’s “youth”: the hope of our tomorrow!

*People of the world, the cure for AIDS!! A nice hot shower!!!

SA’s highest petrol hike to date

There’s one thing that needs no Viagra to go up in South Africa, and that is petrol. At it’s highest yet, at just under R10,00 ( around US$1,27), South Africans have to tighten their belts and discover ways of dribbling this “disaster”. The country doesn’t sport of any decent  transport infrastructure, and the projects for World Cup 2010 won’t suffice when complete – if completed. And to tell citizens to take up walking is unheard of once everything is far from everything else. It’s not like you can go around the corner for bread!  It’s South Africa! We need to drive around the corner for bread!

This shame is being attributed to a weakened rand and high crude oil prices. If you ask me, it all stinks. With mass media nowadays, corporations can manipulate all they want and profit more – see where I’m getting at? The government you voted for is the government that is doing everything it can to get hold of your pennies.

But it’s moments like these that humour has got to come in and quieten the spirits of those who are paying sun-filled Caribbean vacations for the stinking rich. I got this one by e-mail. It says it all: