Disturbing World Cup 2010, Death of Peace in South Africa

FIFA World Cup 2010 is looming, and the people are both delighted and worried about the first biggest event in South Africa (Africa). They are wondering if it is crime or terrorism that will disrupt the World Cup Final in South Africa.

So much has happened from the time South Africa first campaigned to host this event on the African soil and succeeded. Countries across Europe i.e., Germany, France, and Britain incessantly wrote terrible articles about South Africans being incapable and unable to host the event of such magnitude. Many other countries asked for Plan B, in case South Africa failed. Australia was also the mouth piece of such pessimism; they said they were ready to take over if South Africa failed to deliver.

They wrote all kinds of terrible articles about the country and her people. Crime, Infrastructural Inadequacy, Lack of Skill in hosting such an event, Terrorism and many more spats were but a few of the attack tools they used against South Africa. Yet, they did not complain when International Rugby and Cricket World Cup events were to be hosted in South Africa, in fact many Europeans and Australians travelled there in greater numbers. Why? Find the answer to the question yourself.

Fast forward to June 01, 2010, it turns out South Africa has completed the building of stadiums ahead of time, she has put in place many mechanisms that will ensure the protection of her guests from around the world. Over 96% of the tickets have been sold, and with only a few days to go, the world is ready to enjoy South Africa's beauty and smile.

What now, and who is in the way of the success of the World Cup Final? Internal Terrorism by a White Supremacist terrorist group (AWB) that is bent on racial slurs and threats of war against the Black Government, as well as a Criminal Activity by black and white heartless criminals who have enjoyed a great deal of immunity, due to stricter laws in place to protect Human Rights (including criminals) in the country.

The AWB's radical members have threatened to disrupt the World Cup event in revenge for their state of affairs in South Africa. Now, what will this mean to South Africans of all hues who believe time for sanguinary confrontations is over, as peaceful negotiations are now a way to go? It will simply mean a Challenge to War, and an Internal Scuffle that may never be reversed. This event is the pride of Black and White South Africans who campaigned hard for it to happen, in the same way that the current government and minority Whites campaigned for Rugby and Cricket finals to be a resounding success. FIFA World Cup 2010 is a showcase to the world that Blacks and Whites in South Africa can work together on an equal footing and succeed. It will mean that Blacks are also capable of managing their affairs with the same precision as Whites.

Disrupting the World Cup event will indeed have a horrific effect on racial relations in the country, a total Declaration of War by either the White Minority (AWB) group or Criminal Elements. It will also be a challenge to arms to ignore Human Rights and crush criminals like mosquitoes in the bin, as they will bear a heavier than normal brunt for disturbing a once in a lifetime chance for Africa to shine.

What will or might happen if the terror attacks do take place during the Tournament? It seems an all out disturbance between racial groups in the country will be the result, which will cause damage to both the excellent physical infrastructure and psychology of the people in the country, especially the Youth. The two people will never forgive one another for such acts, and things will simply deteriorate from there on, and no one will be able to stop it, not Zuma, Mandela, or even Julius Malema.

Other outcomes might be continuous disturbances of white sports, or even a total ban of Cricket and Rugby, or worse, the beginning of a forceful take over of farms by Blacks from Whites, which might mean the breaking apart of both Black and White families as destruction ensues.

The Government now has a chance to be stoic in letting both the Criminal Actors and the minority AWB to join the party and celebrate sixteen years of peace, in a country whose first president Nelson Mandela might just as well have postponed a war of the two worlds. Only time will tell.

Sduduzo Ka-Mbili is a South African residing in New York City. He is a radio personality and producer (wbai 99.5 FM).

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