SA insulted by hoax Fifa logo

[Lulletje Rozewater]

http://www.stoppress.co.nz/

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Soccer’s governing body Fifa has slammed a New Zealand sports store for using a hoax World Cup logo that depicts an armed silhouetted figure chasing another in an advertisement.

“It’s an insult to the South African people and the World Cup as a whole and is in bad taste because it implies South Africa's not a good, safe place to live and that South Africans are criminals," said Tai Nicholas, general secretary of Oceania Football, which represents Fifa in the Pacific.

“It's a gimmick that's done in poor taste ... it's at the level of the "Andy Haden darkie thing (http://sport.msn.co.nz/article/1060284/andy-hadens-in-hot-water-over-darkies-claims)"

The image – which had the word “FAIL” above it – was on the Stirling Sports website from Monday night until early yesterday, accessed by clicking on a "soccer gear" icon


Well don New Zealand

[Lenny]

Numerous foreign journalists have been robbed and beaten by "locals", already, before the first game had even begun.

[Murphy]

Not to mention Dublin for instance has accepted a white female's claims to asylum because of the case she put forward - she wouldn't have been safe in South Africa.