Topic: soccer
Worst leg break during soccer game
This has to be one of the most gruesome leg breaks I have ever seen...ouch!
Kontuzja Wasilewskiego
Massive strike causes threat to soccer stadium progress
The usual strikers threat of bringing things to their knees have once again been said by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). They also represent the Building, Contruction and Allied Workers Union (BCAWU) that's responsible for not only building the soccer stadiums for the 2010 world cup but also other things like hospitals, roads and the all new RTS, the rapid bus transport system.
They want to bring the progress and the promise of finishing the soccer stadiums well before time to its knees because of a payment issue. The issue is they demand a 13% wage increase. The employers however refuse to give more than 11%.
The stadium that is furthest behind is the Greenpoint soccer stadium which was the only stadium supposed to be finished later than the other stadiums. Next week though they plan to strike first at Greenpoint and from then the strikes might continue further.
The strikes will also be unprotected strikes.
Cape Town soccer stadium for the 2010 world cup
December 18, 2008 by evl
Here you can see the progress made in the 2010 soccer world cup stadium located in Cape Town
The danger of the Soccer world cup in South Africa
December 10, 2008 by evl
Just today we i read about how the taxi drivers are threatening to disrupt the soccer world cup
Iafrica reported
They quoted a protester, Surren Taxi Association's Ismail Baradon, as saying that if the transport ministry did not respond to their concerns there would be disruptions during the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
So imagine for a moment that the soccer world cup is here and thousands of tourists are here. How easy it would be for some group like the taxi drivers or some workers to use the Soccer world cup as a weapon and threaten it some way.
Another example would be what happened in Mumbai. The tourists was worse off. I know that's a total different criteria but i guess you get the point.
The soccer world cup could be used as a weapon or a point of negotiations with strikers or whoever wants something and that is dangerous.
Generators for the 2010 soccer world cup in South Africa
November 26, 2008 by evl
I first thought this was a joke when i read it but it turns out this is no satire, this is real news. Because Eskom is such a failure they might have to use generators to power the 2010 soccer world cup. Seriously, not even talking about the water problem South Africa now faces. Sport24 reports that it will need 3.4million litres of fuel to run those generators. If i have it correct that is a 1/4th of the output of Saudi Arabia for a entire day. That might not sound a lot but it sure is.
Not only that, its so pathetic that Eskom the country's only power provider will be used as backup. It wont even be the choice of power and the fuel be for backup, no they doing it wrong, again.
This will be interesting
Here is something to laugh at:
Dear Electricity Consumer, Just a little note to let you know we understand your anger in the recent price hike and power cuts. But it should be noted that you have no choice. We are a big company and you will pay what we tell you. You have no choice. We have the power, you need the power. So sad, too bad. Sucks to be you. We have enclosed a little picture to help outline our response. Have a nice day and keep those cheques coming, loser! Regards ESKOM
The 2010 FIFA soccer World Cup stadium
October 25, 2008 by evl
here is the 2010 Fifa soccer world cup stadium in Cape Town, they seem busy putting up the wall pillars at the moment. Lots of things going on there.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa mascot, Zakumi
October 5, 2008 by clyde
So last night the new SA mascot called Zakumi was unveiled in a badly lit TV broadcast. [caption id="attachment_14776"
[/caption] 2010 World Cup Soccer hosted in South Africa brings the worlds eyes to South Africa once again, but at least this time its in the view of a 14 year old kid inside a Leopard Suit, called Zakumi, the new face of 2010 South Africa. The mascot entered through a beaded curtain Monday in Johannesburg. But what the heck does that mean? Well the first two letters of Zakumi are the country's initials in Afrikaans (one of South Africa's 11 official languages) and "Kumi" means 10 in many African languages representing the year of the tournament. Tim Modise, spokesman for the South African organizing committee, said zakumi can also be understood as "come here" in southern African languages. SO WHATS THE BIG DEAL? Zakumi was created by Cape Town-based artist Andries Odendaal. The predominantly gold colours - subtly incorporated with green and white, with the letters "South Africa 2010" across his chest apparently represent the country's wealth and hopes for 2010 and the prickly dreadlocks are meant to give him the edge over his fellow cats. [caption id="attachment_14777"
[/caption] Zakumi's costume was produced by Cora Simpson who produced Simba the Lion and Dazzler, the official Mascot for the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Zakumi also joined the ranks of SA's born-free generation as he was accorded with the birth date of June 16 1994, meaning he will turn 16 in 2010.
Tourists risks death by coming to South Africa
August 1, 2008 by evl
Hard fact but the truth.
In 2010 when the soccer world cup goes off we will hopefully have more than 20 fighter pilots. We have no fighter pilots, no one to drive submarines and this all because of Affirmative action. Welcome to Africa people. Where more people get killed everyday than in a war zone.
The truth is people are being butchered like sheep, especially in Pretoria where the murders does not even make the news anymore, not to change the topic but soon it might even be illegal to report the real news because of the corrupt government that wants to bring in new laws to protect the criminal. But dont speak out they might just take your house, but that's another story.
This government does nothing to protect its citizens where you even have to be afraid of the police (read)
There is no safety here. While they spend millions on the soccer stadiums people everywhere in South Africa are still dying because of crime, crime that could be stopped.
So what's the chances they will protect tourists in the 2010. Sure they say they will protect you but so have they told us that live here and we have to fight for ourselves.