The reports on South Africa’s hosting of the World Cup coming in from all over the world are overwhelmingly positive with certain common threads weaving through most of the responses. The substance of most articles is celebratory – describing the connections made across race and class; the nation-building role of the […]
Read More »The Fifa World Cup: Three things happening simultaneously By Steuart Pennington of SA Good News I was gutted by Ghana’s loss on Friday night. Last time I felt like that was when SA lost the Cricket World Cup to Australia in the last over in 1994. Everyone in my chosen venue seemed to freeze as […]
Read More »SA The Good News By Azure Janneker – SAB and Steuart Pennington – SA Good News “I’ve been to Soccer City and the Innes Free Fan Park, but I’m going to watch the next game at a Castle Kingdom tavern in one of the townships.” “A what?” “A Castle Kingdom…you know, the true personification of […]
Read More »The Huffington Post Shari Cohen International development worker in the public health sector Posted: June 15, 2010 11:35 AM South Africa Rolls Out the Ubuntu in Abundance I went on a rant the other day regarding the cost of the 2010 World Cup versus all the critical needs South Africa is facing and whether or […]
Read More »Our transformation challenge: The Blue Bulls show the way! By Steuart Pennington in South Africa The Good News Newsletter no 263 01 June 2010 “It just shows how far we have come as a nation” were Victor Matfield’s final words as he reflected on the Bulls semi-final in Orlando Stadium, having said earlier “Hearing vuvuzelas […]
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