It is officially over – the Confed. This is the time to start taking stock of how we fared on all matters; from the organisation of the soccer tournament itself to the hospitality that we afforded our visitors.
For one it is encouraging that we refused to live up to the bad name we have come to earn. Crime, I mean. The reported few and far between incidents were far less than the apprehension many of us had had.
Those incidents also included the “robbery” that left everybody, even the Egyptians, bonkers. On the soccer front, we have played well as the hosts. Of course we have. But what is this I hear about a shortage of beds in KwaZulu-Natal? A wake-up call for 2010 preparartions.
Because the Confed was about making an impression, Seff Afrika can only hope that the tourists leave with a good one. Needed now are just a few adjustments here and there because the World Cup will certainly need some shifting up a gear. So will Bafana’s performance.
Yes, we all breathed a sigh of relief with the crime situation. But I read today that things are worse in other countries (ie the UK) than previously thought.
ReplyDeleteYeah! I think we disappoited a lot of disciples of doom, who thought we would fail on safety matters so that FIFA kicks in the so-called plan B.Come 2010 we should be ready on all fronts.
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