“…we have our fair share of detractors who confidently predict that we will fail to host a successful World Cup.

“Many detractors are indeed destructive racists, who don’t believe South Africa has the organisational ability to pull it off,” says Moneyweb’s David Carte. “This confers on the organisation an enormous duty to prove them wrong. Get this right and you can negate the bitching of a million naysayers, many of them embittered emigrants.”

A world free of the drone of whining ex-South Africans? That sounds like reason enough to host a successful World Cup!

We have already proved the naysayers wrong during our transition to democracy. The 2010 World Cup provides us yet another opportunity to prove them wrong. Can you imagine the satisfaction and pride we will feel after we successfully host the most successful, most vibrant, most ALIVE event in the tournament’s history? We can and we will. But we need all need to take responsibility for communicating positively, consistently and honestly about our challenges and, perhaps more importantly, our successes.

“We are collectively responsible for the future we create,” says Johnston. “What sort of future South Africa do you want to live in? What can YOU do to create a future that is Alive with Possibility?”

From: South Africa - The Good News
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