South Africa World Cup Debacle Thread

[SwordoftheVistula]

New Zealand team cancels practice after being overcome by stench, locals used to it and don't understand the fuss

http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/blog/dirty-tackle/post/New-Zealand-s-first-South-African-training-sessi?urn=sow,246299

Nigerian fans stampede, dozens injured:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1284442/Thousands-football-fans-stampede-gates-ahead-World-Cup-warmup-match.html

[Lulletje Rozewater]

New Zealand team cancels practice after being overcome by stench, locals used to it and don't understand the fuss

http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/blog/dirty-tackle/post/New-Zealand-s-first-South-African-training-sessi?urn=sow,246299

Nigerian fans stampede, dozens injured:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1284442/Thousands-football-fans-stampede-gates-ahead-World-Cup-warmup-match.html

Daveyton and Townships in general use firewood to cook-get warm etc.
I am 5 km from Soweto and you must see the smoke at 6 am.

Fifa is not taking responsibility for the stampede as it was not organized by them

[Eldritch]

New Zealand team cancels practice after being overcome by stench, locals used to it and don't understand the fuss

http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/blog/dirty-tackle/post/New-Zealand-s-first-South-African-training-sessi?urn=sow,246299

Nigerian fans stampede, dozens injured:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1284442/Thousands-football-fans-stampede-gates-ahead-World-Cup-warmup-match.html

Let's not forget the important thing: that it's all because of Apartheid.

[Fortis in Arduis]

Let's not forget the important thing: that it's all because of Apartheid.

I would not wonder what the commentary would be on BBC Radio 4.

Apartheid is all they ever talk about. Still. :laugh:

[Eldritch]

World Cup journalists robbed

Three journalists covering the World Cup in South Africa were robbed of money, passports, cameras and computers early Wednesday, police said.

Armed suspects entered three hotel rooms where the journalists were staying near the town of Magaliesburg, police Col. Charmaine Muller told CNN.

Two of the victims "slept through the whole thing", but a Portuguese photographer woke up as it was taking place at about 4 a.m. local time (10 p.m. Tuesday ET), she said.

A suspect pointed a gun at him and told him to keep quiet, she said.

Police were called after the suspects left and are still investigating, she added. No one has been caught yet.

Hundreds of thousands of sports fans and journalists are descending on South Africa for the World Cup soccer tournament, the biggest sporting event in the world this year. It begins Friday.

Link. (http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/06/09/south.africa.world.cup.robbery/)

[Eldritch]

AiB3683PztQ


Oh Africa...

I know that we have to take it to the goal 'cause everyone's depending on we

See we ain't got nowhere to go but up, it's our destiny

We're choosing the way, we'll do what it takes to get to the top of the highest mountain

We'll do anything, we got to prove ourselves 'cause we know

Oh Africa...

See we'll never be able to forget this day 'cause it's the greatest day of our life

See no matter what happens at least we can say "we came, we saw, we tried"

We're choosing nowhere, we'll do what it takes to get to the top of the highest mountain

We'll do anything, we got to prove ourselves 'cause we know

Oh Africa...

This is our time to shine, our time to fly, our time to be inside the sky
Our time to soar, our time to saw, the last one in football

Oh Africa...


The part in bold I agree with, at least as far as Africa as a whole is concerned.

[The Ripper]

Uhm, did anyone spell check the lyrics before turning them into a PR stunt costing millions? :D

[Lulletje Rozewater]

Four Chinese journalists robbed on Johannesburg street


2010-06-10 12:00:00

Four Chinese journalists covering the football World Cup in South Africa were robbed of a camera and cash on a Johannesburg street, a news report said Thursday.
The four scribes were approached by a 'several armed black people' after they pulled over to the side of the road en route to an interview in their rented car Wednesday, the Beijing News said.

The robbers pulled down a car window and demanded that the journalists open the door. They then made 'serious threats' to the closest occupant of the car, taking his cash and a camera valued at about $1,500. None of the journalists was injured, the newspaper said.

The newspaper said it was investigating unconfirmed reports that another Beijing-based Chinese journalist had been robbed in South Africa.

'South Africa is not safe. This is already common knowledge for everyone,' it said.

News of the crime follows the robbery of three other foreign journalists - two Portuguese and one from Spain - Wednesday by armed men in their guest lodge.

One of the three journalists was forced at gunpoint to lie on the ground as the robbers ransacked the room at a holiday chalet in Magaliesburg, north-west of Johannesburg, police said.

Nobody was injured during the robbery, but the journalists' cameras, laptops, cell phones, passports and items of clothing were all stolen, the police said.

Security has been one of the major topics ahead of the World Cup. There had been some doubts whether South African officials could guarantee the safety of visitors.


http://sify.com/news/four-chinese-journalists-robbed-on-johannesburg-street-news-international-kgkmaccgddh.html

[Lulletje Rozewater]

World Cup journalists robbed

Three journalists covering the World Cup in South Africa were robbed of money, passports, cameras and computers early Wednesday, police said.

Armed suspects entered three hotel rooms where the journalists were staying near the town of Magaliesburg, police Col. Charmaine Muller told CNN.

Two of the victims "slept through the whole thing", but a Portuguese photographer woke up as it was taking place at about 4 a.m. local time (10 p.m. Tuesday ET), she said.

A suspect pointed a gun at him and told him to keep quiet, she said.

Police were called after the suspects left and are still investigating, she added. No one has been caught yet.

Hundreds of thousands of sports fans and journalists are descending on South Africa for the World Cup soccer tournament, the biggest sporting event in the world this year. It begins Friday.

Link. (http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/06/09/south.africa.world.cup.robbery/)

Nutbush Boma lodge in Magaliesberg,


http://www.kgatours.co.za/images/page_titles/directions.jpg

http://www.kgatours.co.za/images/page_titles/map.jpg
Directions to The Nutbush Boma Lodge


I am living halfway between Sasol Garage and Hyperama on top of the hill

[Lulletje Rozewater]

AiB3683PztQ



The part in bold I agree with, at least as far as Africa as a whole is concerned.

And "we came, we saw, we tried"---------for 16 years

[poiuytrewq0987]

Incidents already happening and the games haven't even started yet...

[Lulletje Rozewater]

Let's not forget the important thing: that it's all because of Apartheid.

And our extreme fit and fighting ready police
http://www.mg.co.za/image/square/20100609police300jpg/300

[Eldritch]

http://www.mg.co.za/image/square/20100609police300jpg/300

In Finland we call this "the goat guarding the cabbage patch". :rolleyes2:

[SwordoftheVistula]

http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/news/greek-players-chinese-reporters-robbed--fbintl_reu-soccerworldrobbery.html

Three Greek World Cup players had money stolen from their hotel rooms and Chinese journalists were robbed at gunpoint, officials said on Thursday, stoking concerns a day before the sports spectacular starts.

The separate incidents in the crime-plagued host country follow the armed robbery of Spanish and Portuguese journalists at a lodge north of Johannesburg on Wednesday.

Greek team spokesman Michael Tsapidis said the players were not upset by the theft at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Durban and they were “extremely satisfied” with the way the hotel had responded to the incident.

“In our opinion this is not such a big deal. This incident is something that could happen anywhere in the world,” he told a news conference.

[Lulletje Rozewater]

http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/news/greek-players-chinese-reporters-robbed--fbintl_reu-soccerworldrobbery.html

Three Greek World Cup players had money stolen from their hotel rooms and Chinese journalists were robbed at gunpoint, officials said on Thursday, stoking concerns a day before the sports spectacular starts.

The separate incidents in the crime-plagued host country follow the armed robbery of Spanish and Portuguese journalists at a lodge north of Johannesburg on Wednesday.

Greek team spokesman Michael Tsapidis said the players were not upset by the theft at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Durban and they were “extremely satisfied” with the way the hotel had responded to the incident.

“In our opinion this is not such a big deal. This incident is something that could happen anywhere in the world,” he told a news conference.

And conveniently left out that they-Chinese-did not wish to lay a charge.

[Lulletje Rozewater]

3 UK tourists die, 21 injured in bus accident



Jun 10, 2010 11:50 PM | By RODERICK MACLEOD
Three 19-year-old female students from Britain died and 21 UK tourists were injured when the tour bus in which they were travelling overturned near World Cup host city Nelspruit, Mpumalanga.

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Photograph by: IVAN ALVARADO
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Bus crash victims being treated (http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article500005.ece/Bus-crash-victims-being-treated)



The bus veered off the mountainous R40 road at around noon yesterday while it was transporting the British tourists from Swaziland to Nelspruit.
The students, all aged between 18 and 19, were studying at Brooksby Melton College in Leicestershire, central England, and are "believed to have been in the country on a field trip organised by the college", said Gary Benham, head of communications at the British High Commission in South Africa.
It is unlikely they were in South Africa for the World Cup as they had tickets to leave by air tomorrow, said provincial police spokesman Captain Leonard Hlathi.
"Security and emergency services responded immediately, treated the injured and removed them to a local hospital. The injured are reported to be in a stable condition," Hlathi said.
Robin Baard, head of client Services at the Nelspruit Medicross clinic where the injured were being treated, said they were too traumatised to speak to reporters.
Only two men sustained serious injuries.
A Zimbabwean driver and South African tour guide were also among the passengers.
National police spokesman Colonel Vishmu Naidoo said they could not confirm the cause of the accident yet.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/7819698/South-Africa-bus-crash-tributes-to-three-students-who-died.html

[Lenny]

South-Korean Journalists Robbed, Beaten in Johannesburg

Two Korean TV professionals have been mugged in Johannesburg, South Africa, casting further doubt on the crime-ridden country’s suitability as host of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

MBC, a South-Korean TV station, on Sunday said a freelance director for a global affairs program was mugged by an unidentified assailant in the restroom of a shopping mall in Johannesburg. He was strangled and lost consciousness, and the mugger got away with his money and passport. MBC added that the man was not carrying a camera or other equipment.

SBS, another Korean TV station, said that its TV cultural program director was also attacked in his car in a street in Johannesburg. He was waiting for the light to change when a robber attempted to break the window and rob him, but failed. Nobody was hurt.

http://rokdrop.com/2010/06/09/korean-journalists-reporting-on-the-world-cup-mugged-in-south-africa/

[Aemma]

Oh my! And my son's teacher is traveling there tomorrow in order to catch a few matches. I guess there's nothing like taking your life into your own hands for the love of soccer. :( :shrug:

[Eldritch]

Nelson Mandela Great Granddaughter Killed After World Cup Festivities

http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/100611-mandela-granddaughter-vmed-145a.widec.jpg
Former South African President Nelson Mandela hugs his great grand-daughter Zenani Mandela during a visit to Kefuoe Seakamela's family at their home in Diepkloof, Soweto, outside Johannesburg, in this photo taken on Dec. 7, 2008.

It should have been a moment of triumph — Nelson Mandela, basking in the cheers as Africa’s first World Cup opened.

Instead, South Africa’s beloved anti-apartheid icon stayed at home with his family Friday in northern Johannesburg during the opening ceremony and game, mourning his 13-year-old great-granddaughter Zenani, who died in a car crash on the way home from a tournament-eve concert in Soweto.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation said the tragedy “made it inappropriate” for the former president, who is 91, to attend the opening ceremony in Johannesburg.

Link. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37631087/ns/world_news-africa/)

[Murphy]

I honestly don't believe the death of a 13 year old girl in a completely unrelated incident has a place in this thread.

Show some respect.

[The Lawspeaker]

Then I hope for him that the Dutch won't be so foul-mouthed because we have a pretty strong arsenal of swearwords and slurs.

Wel godverdomme ! Hey, pokke negert, sodelazert een tyfusend op ! Dat was helemaal niet buitenspel ! Ga even een bril kopen, jij vieze, vuile teringlijer !

[Liffrea]

At this rate there will be no coverage for the outside world because all the journalists will have been beaten, raped, butchered or had their cameras nicked.

Any chance of sending that annoying Scots prat Alan (I’m the best player ever if they only listened to how good I am) Hanson?

[Eldritch]

I honestly don't believe the death of a 13 year old girl in a completely unrelated incident has a place in this thread.



I doubt that the incident was completely unrelated. Were the people planning the traffic arrangements around the WC capable of their jobs, or were they hired simply because their skin has a politically correct pigmentation level?

The games are only just beginning, and already there have been (at least) two fatal traffic accidents (see post #16).

The incident also affects the World Cup since it caused Mandela, a messiah figure second only to BHO for some people, to miss "Africa's moment of triumph". :rolleyes2:


The Nelson Mandela Foundation said the tragedy “made it inappropriate” for the former president, who is 91, to attend the opening ceremony in Johannesburg.

[Eldritch]

Here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8731389.stm) is a nice round-up article so far.

Some highlights:



The 2010 World Cup in South Africa got under way with a spectacular and vibrant opening ceremony at the 94,000-capacity Soccer City in Johannesburg.

The ceremony was followed by the first game of the tournament between the hosts and Mexico, which ended 1-1.

Africa is staging the World Cup for the first time, with 32 nations competing in 64 games until the final on 11 July.

Nelson Mandela was due to attend the opening ceremony but withdrew following the death of his great-granddaughter.

Zenani Mandela, 13, died in a car crash when travelling home from the pre-World Cup concert in Johannesburg on Thursday.

She was one of the 91-year-old anti-apartheid icon's nine great-grandchildren.

There is a feeling that this World Cup can have a profound impact on how the continent of Africa is perceived by the millions watching from abroad


The 40-minute ceremony began with a five-plane military flypast over the stadium, which resembles a huge African cooking pot. :rolleyes2:

A group of drummers and dancers performed a 'Welcome to Africa' song that included an introduction to all 10 tournament's venues.

Multiple Grammy Award winner R Kelly then sang the ceremony's showpiece song, 'Sign of a Victory' with South Africa's Soweto Spiritual Singers. [Thank you, oh ye Gods, for sparing me from having to see that !!! :rolleyes2:]

Not everyone made it to their seats by the start, with traffic problems delaying some fans.


The global TV audience for the tournament will be made up of viewers in more than 215 countries and will run into hundreds of millions.

The festivities began in earnest on Thursday, with Shakira among the artists at a vast pre-tournament concert in Soweto.

The Colombian pop star performed the official World Cup song Waka Waka and was joined by a cast of international stars, including the Black Eyed Peas and Alicia Keys, along with African stars Amadou & Mariam and Hugh Masekela.

Since it was chosen as the first African host of the World Cup in 2004, South Africa has spent about 40bn rand (£3.55bn) on stadiums, transport infrastructure and upgrading airports.

There have been concerns about ticketing policy and security in the run-up to the tournament.

Fifa has come under fire for the way tickets have been distributed, with critics claiming its preferred method of making tickets available online excluded many locals who did not have an internet connection.

However, football's world governing body has made a number of tickets exclusively available to South Africans and announced on Wednesday that 97% of the 3.1m tickets had been sold, allaying fears of empty stadiums.

As for security, there have been concerns about the safety of fans, media and players travelling to South Africa.


Sixteen people - including two police officers - were injured at a stampede ahead of a World Cup warm-up match on Sunday between Nigeria and North Korea outside Makhulong Stadium in the township of Tembisa near Johannesburg.

And journalists from China, Spain and Portugal were targeted in two separate armed robberies in and around Johannesburg on Monday and Wednesday.

However, Fifa president Sepp Blatter insists the World Cup will be a success.

"Everywhere, one can feel, I hope, that this World Cup is very special, the first on African soil," he said. "We find ourselves in a position of indescribable anticipation.

"More importantly, this competition will prove that South Africa, and the African continent in general, is capable of organising an event of this magnitude."

[Lulletje Rozewater]

Here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8731389.stm) is a nice round-up article so far.

Some highlights:

Besides that.
Mandela is a criminal responsible for thousands of lives.
18.000 blacks in Kwa Zulu Natal(from 1980 to 1990) and hundreds of whites.
He reminds me of the Borgia clan. Respect????? What respect.

By the way. Sepp is a fraud. He said all seats were sold ie 94.000 attendance only 89.000 were sold.What should he care he got 2.5 billion already

[Lulletje Rozewater]

3 UK tourists die, 21 injured in bus accident



Jun 10, 2010 11:50 PM | By RODERICK MACLEOD
Three 19-year-old female students from Britain died and 21 UK tourists were injured when the tour bus in which they were travelling overturned near World Cup host city Nelspruit, Mpumalanga.

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Photograph by: IVAN ALVARADO
Credit: REUTERS
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Bus crash victims being treated (http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article500005.ece/Bus-crash-victims-being-treated)



The bus veered off the mountainous R40 road at around noon yesterday while it was transporting the British tourists from Swaziland to Nelspruit.
The students, all aged between 18 and 19, were studying at Brooksby Melton College in Leicestershire, central England, and are "believed to have been in the country on a field trip organised by the college", said Gary Benham, head of communications at the British High Commission in South Africa.
It is unlikely they were in South Africa for the World Cup as they had tickets to leave by air tomorrow, said provincial police spokesman Captain Leonard Hlathi.
"Security and emergency services responded immediately, treated the injured and removed them to a local hospital. The injured are reported to be in a stable condition," Hlathi said.
Robin Baard, head of client Services at the Nelspruit Medicross clinic where the injured were being treated, said they were too traumatised to speak to reporters.
Only two men sustained serious injuries.
A Zimbabwean driver and South African tour guide were also among the passengers.
National police spokesman Colonel Vishmu Naidoo said they could not confirm the cause of the accident yet.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/7819698/South-Africa-bus-crash-tributes-to-three-students-who-died.html


From the photo it must be at the crossing Barberton and Warmbath. the road above from left to right is to Warmbath.
The stretch from Barberton to Nelspruit is quite winding and it should not be traveled more that 70 km. The tour-guide must have been a proper idiot.
Look at the bend in the road by the 'bridge'

[RoyBatty]

I honestly don't believe the death of a 13 year old girl in a completely unrelated incident has a place in this thread.

Show some respect.

It is related, she was going home from a World Cup associated event.

[RoyBatty]

From the photo it must be at the crossing Barberton and Warmbath. the road above from left to right is to Warmbath.
The stretch from Barberton to Nelspruit is quite winding and it should not be traveled more that 70 km. The tour-guide must have been a proper idiot.
Look at the bend in the road by the 'bridge'

I don't think it would have been the "tourguide's" fault. He / she would most likely have been with the passengers, not the driver.

The truck was driven by a Zimbabwean who was most likely speeding.

[RoyBatty]

Gidday mate!! :D



Aussie fan becomes South Africa's first World Cup mugging 'casualty'

AUSSIE soccer fanatic Jerry Goding has discovered the reality of a turbulent South Africa after being robbed by three men at knifepoint.

Goding, 26, made international headlines last week after he was found passed out in the driveway of a prominent Johannesburg politician's home following Australia's 1-0 win against Denmark, the Townsville Bulletin reports.

Rescued and returned to his backpackers lodge by Kate Lorimer, Gauteng Provinces Safety and Security spokeswoman, the sidewalk adventure only cost him his wallet and mobile phone.

Dubbed the ''first casualty'' of the World Cup by South African media after the incident, Goding has had a second brush with the country's sinister underbelly, robbed at knifepoint on Friday.


http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/aussie-fan-becomes-south-africas-first-world-cup-mugging-casualty/story-e6frg12c-1225877109272

[RoyBatty]

World Cup Survival Guide

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[Lulletje Rozewater]

World Cup Survival Guide

mtJECgJ8zJQ

This guy is a classic
Lots of people want him death.:D
I love his videos.

[RoyBatty]

Personally I think he's a bit weird but oh well, he's building his "brand image" I suppose and his videos are becoming slicker. However, why do I get the feeling the SABC will not be hiring him as a journalist anytime soon? :D

[Grumpy Cat]

:lol: It's that hot guy again!

[Lenny]

Goding has had a second brush with the country's sinister underbelly, robbed at knifepoint on Friday.
The same guy arbitrarily robbed by blacks twice within a week?

Long Live Free South-Africa! :eek:





This World-Cup is turning out to have as much dark-entertainment value as Hurricane Katrina did, with all the surreal stories and photos that emerged of black police looting, blacks shooting at rescue helicopters trying to deliver them food, blacks refusing the food aid at the Superdome and demanding McDonald's instead :rolleyes:. And so on.






dark-entertainment value;)

[Lulletje Rozewater]

http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/WorldCup/NationalNews/Uruguay-team-robbed-at-CT-hotel-20100612

Uruguay team robbed at hotel

2010-06-12 15:15
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Police officers

[Lulletje Rozewater]

http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/WorldCup/NationalNews/Tourist-robbed-in-cop-shop-20100610

Tourist robbed in cop shop

2010-06-10 21:16
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Police





(http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/WorldCup/NationalNews/SWC-courts-could-be-model-20100609)

(http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/WorldCup/NationalNews/Police-arrest-SA-journalist-20100609)




Cape Town - The Mother City's special World Cup Magistrate's Court dealt with its first three cases this week, including a theft from a Japanese tourist in a police station, police said on Thursday.

The theft took place at the Caledon Square station in the city centre on Tuesday, police head of 2010 operations in the Western Cape, Major-General Robbie Roberts, said.

"The tourist was in the CSC (community service centre) in Cape Town police station and he left his bag unattended.

"He went up to the third floor and when he returned, he found that his bag was gone."

Police had used closed-circuit television cameras to identify the suspect, a woman, who was arrested.

"Via our integrated approach... by the National Prosecuting Authority, the magistrates and the police investigation unit, we managed to take the case to court.

"The case was finalised on Wednesday and the woman was fined R5 000 or 12 months, suspended for five years."

Roberts said he did not know what was in the bag, or why the Japanese tourist had been at the police station.

Two other people had appeared in the special court after being arrested this week.

One was accused of stealing four laptops from the Waterfront flat of a tourist and the other had been charged with stealing a wallet from a tourist at a city hotel.

Both cases were still being investigated and both had been released on bail.

In both cases the suspects were identified by closed-circuit television, he said.

The 2010 courts have been set up at the Cape Town Magistrate's and Regional Courts.

[SwordoftheVistula]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5297052/ce/us/south-african-man-killed-wife-kids-changing-tv-germany-australia-game&cc=5901?ver=us

Police say a South African man who wanted to watch a World Cup match instead of a religious program was beaten to death by his family in the northeastern part of the country.

David Makoeya, a 61-year-old man from the small village of Makweya, Limpopo province, fought with his wife and two children for the remote control on Sunday because he wanted to watch Germany play Australia in the World Cup. The others, however, wanted to watch a gospel show.

"He said, 'No, I want to watch soccer,'" police spokesman Mothemane Malefo said Thursday. "That is when the argument came about.

"In that argument, they started assaulting him."

Malefo said Makoeya got up to change the channel by hand after being refused the remote control and was attacked by his 68-year-old wife Francina and two children, 36-year-old son Collin and 23-year-old daughter Lebogang.

Malefo said he was not sure what the family used to kill Makoeya.

"It appears they banged his head against the wall," Malefo said. "They phoned the police only after he was badly injured, but by the time the police arrived the man was already dead."

All three were arrested Sunday night, but Lebogang was released on $200 bail Tuesday, Malefo said. The other two are still being held in custody.

Malefo said the mother and son will reappear in the local Seshego Magistrates Court on July 27.

"He was always a happy man, never violent," Makoeya's nieces, Miriam and Anna, told the Daily Sun newspaper. "On Saturday, we saw him the last time at a funeral."

The World Cup, being played in Africa for the first time, started Friday and runs through July 11.

[Svarog]

Then I hope for him that the Dutch won't be so foul-mouthed because we have a pretty strong arsenal of swearwords and slurs.

Viespuk, sukkelaar, zakkenwasser..?

Too bad I never remembered the good part of Dutch I once knew

Get on topic, Argentinian football legend Gabriel Omar Batistuta got robbed today as well, too tired to find a web link with news but i am sure there are plenty around :)

[The Lawspeaker]

Viespuk, sukkelaar, zakkenwasser..?

Too bad I never remembered the good part of Dutch I once knew

Haha we have FAR worse then that. :D

[SwordoftheVistula]

Rampant crime all over the country, and they arrest people for advertising stunts. WTF are they even charging them with? Makes no sense whatsoever.

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http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/news/world-dutch-women-arrested-over-ambush-marketing--fbintl_reu-worldarrest.html

A Dutch brewer is providing legal and other assistance to the two Dutch women accused of pulling off a promotional stunt at the World Cup in Johannesburg, and said it would cancel promotional activities.

The two women were among a group of about three dozen who wore skimpy orange dresses in a suspected “ambush marketing” stunt by closely-held brewer Bavaria at a match between the Netherlands and Denmark at the Soccer City stadium on Monday.

“Unfortunately Bavaria has been drawn into the furore surrounding the arrest of the two ladies who were wearing an orange dress also worn by thousands of Dutch ladies and football supporters,” the brewer said in a statement late on Wednesday.

“There is no way FIFA can hold these ladies responsible for their attendance at the match in their Dutch dress in Soccer City and Bavaria is currently doing everything in their power to assist the arrested Dutch ladies,” Bavaria said, referring to World Cup organising federation FIFA.

[Lenny]

Rwandan general gunned down in Johannesburg

A former Rwandan army chief of staff, Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, has been shot in South Africa and taken to hospital in a critical condition.

The general and his wife had been returning from shopping when the gunman opened fire on the car. His wife has said the gunman shot at them until his gun jammed. She said it was an assassination attempt as there had been no demand for money or goods.

Lt Gen Nyamwasa, an outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame, fled from Kigali in February.

He is now undergoing surgery in a Johannesburg clinic.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/africa/10358171.stm

[Lulletje Rozewater]

Your remark is typical that of the ANC crap you are.
How about the South African girls who participated, you piece of shit.
You hated Apartheid,so why falling back on the 1941 ambush marketing.
And you fokking Sepp Blatter,wake up,scared to attack Bavaria and resort to attacking girls.
Apparently you are everything of a mafia hooligan other websites profess you are to be.
Do you really think Budweiser is popular here or will increase their sales world wide.
Not a fokking chance.
My veterinarian had the beer analyzed and the report which came back stated the following:"This is cat piss and the cat must rest for 3 weeks in Bavaria,the land of macho men and women.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?fsetid=1&click_id=3095&art_id=iol1276750416137S364

[Lulletje Rozewater]

They have not found all the perpetrators yet,police to busy looking for miniskirt girls.:D

[Lulletje Rozewater]

Death crash: Briton made fatal u-turn
22 Jun 2010
Sapa

BLOEMFONTEIN — A 24-year-old British man appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court yesterday after he was involved in a vehicle accident in which one person died and another was injured on the N1 freeway near Bloemfontein.
Captain Harry Nagel said the accident happened on Sunday at 11am, about 30 km south of Bloemfontein, near Tom’s Place.
James Haywood appeared for the second time yesterday in a special World Cup court and was released on bail of R1 000. (and the lively orange girls paid R10.000 rand bail each:D,because it was Fick Fufa or African/Blatter justice

The case was postponed until June 24 for further investigation.
Haywood faces a charge of culpable homicide.
Nagel said Haywood and two friends were on their way to Bloemfontein to watch the Slovakia versus Paraguay match in Bloemfontein.
“The driver got lost after the GPS system allegedly misguided them,” he said.
Realising they were going the wrong way, the driver of the vehicle allegedly made a U-turn on the N1 and collided with an oncoming vehicle.
The driver of the other vehicle died at the scene. Another man was admitted to the Pelonomi hospital in a serious condition.
Haywood and his two passengers suffered minor injuries.
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