http://southernafrica.wordpress.com Things South Africa Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:26:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://southernafrica.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/vuvuzela-trumpets/#comment-10 Global Voices in Swahili » Afrika Kusini: Kuvuvuzela au Kutovuvuzela? Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:26:33 +0000 http://southernafrica.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-10 [...] Sauti ya vuvuzela inaudhi na ndiyo maana kuta za Yeriko zilianguka!: [...] [...] Sauti ya vuvuzela inaudhi na ndiyo maana kuta za Yeriko zilianguka!: [...]

]]> http://southernafrica.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/vuvuzela-trumpets/#comment-7 Global Voices Online » South Africa: To vuvuzela or not to vuvuzela? Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:47:19 +0000 http://southernafrica.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-7 [...] vuvuzela sound is annoying and that is why walls of Jericho fell!: The sound is annoying! That’s why the walls of Jericho fell! The people of Jericho broke the [...] [...] vuvuzela sound is annoying and that is why walls of Jericho fell!: The sound is annoying! That’s why the walls of Jericho fell! The people of Jericho broke the [...]

]]> http://southernafrica.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/vuvuzela-trumpets/#comment-6 Dan Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:03:07 +0000 http://southernafrica.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-6 Thanks for your input Tino. I agree with you fully. A country has all the right to show their culture, but it should also be conscious about how certain cultural aspects impact on other nationalities. As for FIFA, they have decided to remain quiet about this issue, but believe I that this matter will arise once World Cup 2010 gets under way. Let's wait and see... Thanks for your input Tino. I agree with you fully. A country has all the right to show their culture, but it should also be conscious about how certain cultural aspects impact on other nationalities.
As for FIFA, they have decided to remain quiet about this issue, but believe I that this matter will arise once World Cup 2010 gets under way.
Let’s wait and see…

]]> http://southernafrica.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/vuvuzela-trumpets/#comment-5 Tino Campuzello Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:36:34 +0000 http://southernafrica.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-5 The vuvuzela trumpets are indeed very annoying. I love football, I usually watch all World Cup's matches, and all other FIFA championships. BUT if trompets will stay in the RSA stadiums in 2010, I will not watch the 2010 World Cup. Many of my friends and colleagues agree with me on this. I also think that the Spanish player has had the balls to say in public what the other players dont dare to say because afraid of being treated as racists. This is ridiculous and south african people should not play with that. We admire black south african people, we love Mandela. But it is indeed a question of cultural respect: when a country is the organizer of a worldwide event, it should care about the others. It is not just a question of having a new stadium. The vuvuzela trumpets are indeed very annoying. I love football, I usually watch all World Cup’s matches, and all other FIFA championships. BUT if trompets will stay in the RSA stadiums in 2010, I will not watch the 2010 World Cup. Many of my friends and colleagues agree with me on this. I also think that the Spanish player has had the balls to say in public what the other players dont dare to say because afraid of being treated as racists. This is ridiculous and south african people should not play with that. We admire black south african people, we love Mandela. But it is indeed a question of cultural respect: when a country is the organizer of a worldwide event, it should care about the others. It is not just a question of having a new stadium.

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