The current affairs guide
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| VICTORY:Its not a colour thing.Sourcewww.iol.co.za |
It never siezes to amaze as to how an apparently divided nation like South Africa; which is plagued by division between diffent races,ethnic groups and even between the haves and have-nots. seems to disappear even if its for a matter of weeks, when sports is involved.
The currently underway olympc games have seen us as a country rally behind all of a our Athletes regardless of the skin colour or the language or their home language.
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| COLOURFUL: Team SA.Sourcewww.herald-dispacht.com |
Our first Swimming Gold medal and coincidently that first to come from a home grown swimmer(A Swimmer that had not been trainng in overseas) had everyone jumping up and down for joy.It did not matter whether you were at a squatter-camp,a township or a suburb.Cameron van der Burgh's record-breaking feat, followed by Chad Le Clos's win over Michael Phelps and the surprise package which came in forn of the rowing team,joined South Africans in a common purpose,celebrating.
Scenes from the various venues at the Olympics show jubilation last seen during the world cup.I can only hope that some day soon, the South African spirit that is ussually evident during major sporting matches and events is showcased even when they aren't any sporting events. Even Julius Malema spoke something positive for a change when he said commented on South Africa's performance thus far at the Olympics.
"Cameron told me that what happened to Banyana in Coventry should not damper the country's spirit, as the South African flag would be raised high when he accepts the gold medal,"Said sports minister,Fikile Mbalula.www.dailytimes.ng
Its sad that all that ever realy unites us as a nation is sport. Why cant we experience the unity everyday?
ReplyDeleteBelieve me,I get you and that is why I chose this particular topic as my opening issue.Thank you and do come back next Friday.
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ReplyDeleteI think the government should spent more money on sports , because indeed we are a sporting nation ... as for mr Malema , he had no choice . white people make this country tick , when it comes to sports .
ReplyDeletepoltics is politics dear reader, so however you see matters is just that,how you see them.Thank you for taking the time and please do visit next Friday.
DeleteI think sport is one thing that keeps uniting us as a nati0n,the olympics just reminded me during 2010 FIFA world cup where all the South Africans were united irrespective of age,race,sex or other attributes. sport plays a key role irrespective of where we find ourselves in life. sporting events has value through the entire spectrum of life and through development of human kind. the sad reality is that all this fascinating events that unites us,they only come once in a season and after that season we go back to the real world where there's inequality,segregation,discrimination,classes and other externalities that that keeps separating and causing total division within the country.
ReplyDeleteI hear you Lyrics,and its just amazing how we can only embrace one another when facing the world and then act totally opposite afterwards.Thanks for taking the time visit,and please do it again next week.
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