Larry Goodfella

Why should overseas delegates, players and press be made to feel safer than the general public who live here permanently and who contribute more than to a silly sport event? Does this not point to a larger problem?

Afrikan

Shame, I feel for you Ray and the above stooge, your lives must be really miserable.

Larry Goodfella

Afrikan, you wish you could have one hundredth of my life. My personal family security costs amount to almost ten thousand per month. I would much rather give this money to an extra scholarship or to an extra charity.
Sorry for you, though.

Afrikan

“Peel away the spin and that [08 out of 10] probably translates into a six out of 10, which is not flattering.”

I’d like to know what mathematical equation the editor used to arrive at this conclusion.

1settler

that is a very good question. why is the assumption negative? if fifa say 8 out of 10 why must we assume this figure has been doctored? typical saffers looking for any excuse to run the country down. if this was in germany or japan would mr. hartley still assume that fat has been added to this rating?

Jessie

Let those who always highlight differences in their cultures and standards but who are always in awe of the ANC’s good all-round governance, rejoice at the scorecard from FIFA. At least they are consistent in their myopia.

Kabelo

From all the information in the public domain, what makes you think that 8 out of 10 is deserved. The total shambles in getting public transport after matches; foreign supporters, journalists and players being mugged and robbed; empty stands due to piss poor marketing; and a de facto boycott of the matches by the once-upon-a-time advantaged sections of the public; etc.
This is so typical of our “nation” who believes in mediocrity as the gold standard because everything it manages turns to sh.1.t. If it wasn’t for the “counter-revolutionaries” in charge of building our stadia, even that would have been a fiasco.
Let’s face it my black brothers and sisters who follow the ANC regime so blindly – we just do not know how to generate wealth and success through the efforts of our own brains and sweat of our own brows. We know how to spend the taxpayers’ money and how to award government contracts and BEE deals to our own kind but that is the extent of our talents.
We think admitting to mistakes and asking for help because we don’t have the answers, are major weaknesses and not part of the macho black male persona. We opt for denialism instead and ask witchdoctors to intercede for us as if this will avoid the inevitable. We put off justice and resolution of problems in the hope that people will forget about it and our problems will simply go away.
We have to sort out the BRT/Taxi problem but who in the ANC has the balls to stand up to the criminals holding the whole country to ransom? We have no clue how to deal with the tsunami of crime that we have experienced under ANC rule. There are lots of tough talking ars.eholes but who will instruct the police to jail anyone who blockades a highway for political purposes. Where the hell is Zuma? He wants us to call him President but what the hell is he doing still celebrating electoral victories and thanking communities while the country is grinding to a halt in the biggest recession in 17 years and the medical services are in a state of near-collapse?
I will be the first to acknowledge Zuma as a fine President the day he starts to earn his keep. Until then he remains just an expensive A******e with a title being manipulated by the unions and the communists.

Kabelo

Second attempt to post ….

From all the information in the public domain, what makes you think that 8 out of 10 is deserved. The total shambles in getting public transport after matches; foreign supporters, journalists and players being mugged and robbed; empty stands due to piss poor marketing; and a de facto boycott of the matches by the once-upon-a-time advantaged sections of the public; etc.
This is so typical of our “nation” who believes in mediocrity as the gold standard because everything it manages turns to sh.1.t. If it wasn’t for the “counter-revolutionaries” in charge of building our stadia, even that would have been a fiasco.
Let’s face it my black brothers and sisters who follow the ANC regime so blindly – we just do not know how to generate wealth and success through the efforts of our own brains and sweat of our own brows. We know how to spend the taxpayers’ money and how to award government contracts and BEE deals to our own kind but that is the extent of our talents.
We think admitting to mistakes and asking for help because we don’t have the answers, are major weaknesses and not part of the macho black male persona. We opt for denialism instead and ask witchdoctors to intercede for us as if this will avoid the inevitable. We put off justice and resolution of problems in the hope that people will forget about it and our problems will simply go away.
We have to sort out the BRT/Taxi problem but who in the ANC has the balls to stand up to the criminals holding the whole country to ransom? We have no clue how to deal with the tsunami of crime that we have experienced under ANC rule. There are lots of tough talking ars.eholes but who will instruct the police to jail anyone who blockades a highway for political purposes. Where the hell is Zuma? He wants us to call him President but what the hell is he doing still celebrating electoral victories and thanking communities while the country is grinding to a halt in the biggest recession in 17 years and the medical services are in a state of near-collapse?
I will be the first to acknowledge Zuma as a fine President the day he starts to earn his keep. Until then he remains just an expensive A******e with a title being manipulated by the unions and the communists.

Larry Goodfella

Kabelo, brother of mine. If I shout about it….., but if you shout about it>>>>