Confederations Cup, Bafana Bafana and the Gravy Train
“KE NAKO! Now is the time!” said Jacob Zuma proudly as he kicked off the Confederations Cup in style at the Coca-Cola Park stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday. FIFA was pleased with how well the event was organised overall although Sepp Blatter of FIFA expressed disappointment at the poor spectator turnout for the Spain-New Zealand match in Rustenburg – the stands were basically empty for that match.
Bafana Bafana, the South African soccer team, unfortunately didn’t manage to score a goal in their opening match against Iraq. A bit sad considering their last minute threat if they did not receive R34,000,000 (US$ 3,400,000) in additional payments in advance – a win would surely have helped their cause.
In other news, the government’s multimillion-rand tender rigging scandal will prove to be an interesting case study of exactly how Mr Zuma intends to quash corruption in his ranks, or if he even intends to seriously follow through on his firm commitment earlier. Following an investigation by the Auditor-General Terence Nombembe, it was revealed that some R 500,000,000 in government tenders were improperly awarded to their spouses and relatives.
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June 16th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Erm, Wonkie, I think the name is Sep Blatter not Sid Blatter. But don’t worry, it was probably just a ‘tender’ error.
June 16th, 2009 at 10:18 am
LOL Antiaa – thanks. No more making cartoons at 2 in the morning! Did you receive your Wonkie CartOOns t-shirt as yet?
June 16th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Thanks PM. Unfortunately haven’t received it yet
June 16th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
funny ….you don’t wanna give away your ideas for job creation freely though…paid consultancy basis only!
June 17th, 2009 at 8:19 am
guess paying the players in advance was a big error,my bet is we may not last that long if we play like we did with iraq.
June 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Those players,their coach and SAFA will be a disgrace to our country and local loyal supporters should they lose tonight’s match
June 17th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
PM- I received it today. Very nice and many thanks.
June 18th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Soccer players should be paid on a commission basis. No win, no money.
June 18th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
what a good team Bafana Bafana is but there are minor changes that Santana must make like playing 4-5-1 system and starting with, Khune on goals,Gaxa on right,Masilela on left,Khumalo and Gould central that is backline and Modise on right,Tshabalala on left,Dickgacoi,Sibaya and Pennar in the middle as well as Parker in the striking force
June 19th, 2009 at 1:01 am
BAFANA play well an all they lack to be a team to reckon with is the REASON WHY SOCCER IS PLAYED, LOL – ” to score goals” AND THUS FAR WE HAVENT HAD SME1 WHO CAN CONTINIOUSLY BANG THE BALLS IN THE NET( WITHOUTHELP 4RM OPPOSITION) JUST AS MUCH AS IM SO PATRIOTIC I WILL SUPPORT THEM TILL I DIE AS MUCH AS I LOVE E PROTEAS AND BOKKIES!!! VIVA BAFANA-
October 19th, 2009 at 5:57 am
[...] the same chaps that rave about Bafana’s outstanding performance – for example, at the Fifa Confederations Cup earlier this year, that are now also relegating South African coach Joel Santana to the dogbox. [...]