Isn’t this interesting? Oxford University has singled out South Africa is it’s “Place of the year” for 2009.
This in light of the 2010 World Cup, the string of films being produced about South Africa or by South Africans.
Words from the Oxford University Press:
I dare you to watch the trailer for this December’s Invictus—the story of how a newly elected Nelson Mandela used the 1995 Rugby World Cup to bring his people together—without feeling slight heart palpitation. Particularly in a scene where we see Mandela speaking with a political confidante:
“This rugby, it’s a political calculation,” she says.
“It is a human calculation,” responds Mandela.
Sounds like one awfully loaded conversation about rugby, but if there’s anything history, cinema, and Nike commercials have taught us, it’s that the game ultimately represents something much bigger than itself. From taking a stand (1980 Moscow Games boycott) and breaking social barriers (Jackie Robinson, Dara Torres) to beating odds (Nancy Kerrigan, Lance Armstrong) and growing up (Mighty Ducks 1, 2, and 3), sports are often the metaphors and inspiration of our lives. Which leads us to our big announcement… as it moves to the forefront of the global sports arena once more, we are excited to announce South Africa as Oxford’s “Place of the Year.” The 2010 World Cup—arguably the most important international event the country will host since officially becoming a post-apartheid, democratic nation only 15 years ago—signifies further transformation, quantifiable in millions of dollars worth of new infrastructure.
The blog post goes on to discuss infrastructure of the 2010 World Cup, questions and concerns around the event as well as list some information about our beautiful nation.
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November 14th, 2009 at 10:57 am
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It is a bit like TIME magazine putting Hitler, Stalin and the Ayatollah Khomeini on the front page as Man of the Year. Notoriety gets you into the limelight.
From the order “shoot to kill” to the judge Motata – SA will be rocking international headlines, for bad and worse.
A translation of an audio recording shows that Judge Nkola Motata indeed made racial slurs after crashing his car while drunk. The Guardian newspaper examined and translated audio recordings, made on the scene of the 2007 crash, from seSotho into English.
Motata tells bystanders: “All of you, let me tell you, my brothers and sisters – these people should not catch us. Let us live, we are the majority and this is our land. It is not the land of the Boers, even if they have big bodies. South Africa is ours, we rule it.”
He later says: “I am caught by these Boers, I do not care for them. I do not want to talk to them… They must not think they have caught me with something, that will not happen.” Motata also says several times to Richard Baird, the owner of the property the perimeter wall of which the judge crashed into: “fuck him” or “fuck you”. He also says: “don’t worry about whites, it is the truth that must prevail”.
Civil rights group Afriforum has laid a charge of gross racial misconduct against Motata with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Afriforum CEO Kallie Kriel told Sapa all the audio recordings had been forwarded to the JSC.
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November 15th, 2009 at 7:46 am
Just wrote an SA only post with a bunch of RSA orientated links to check out. Read it here:
http://ninjarabbits.blogspot.com/2009/11/local-is-always-lekker.html
June 19th, 2011 at 10:42 am
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