The level of crime around the South African World Cup had been incredibly low, organising committee chief Danny Jordaan said in Johannesburg on Friday.
"It had been perhaps the lowest of any World Cup," he said at a media breakfast on the eve of the final match of the South African tournament.
"The police were efficient and the special courts were effective... the question is how do we maintain this?"
Jordaan said many people were asking him how South Africans could make the positive experiences of the last 30 days a permanent feature of the country.
It was aspects like the crime control and "swift justice" that were the type of things that should be carried through, he said.
"It is a challenge to us all in South Africa to maintain that... we have had an image make-over for South Africa and the continent of Africa.
"We have succeeded in re-branding and repositioning this country."
The proof that South Africa could be efficient and could deliver on its promises was there. This was the country that the rest of the world wanted to interact with and invest in.
"As a country we are incredibly blessed to be able to have the opportunity to build a new nation," Jordaan said.
5 comments:
This coming from Danny Jordaan who talks utter nonsense, like yourself! How many other world cups have the participating teams been robbed?! Besides, but nice to forget about the other people being murdered on the sideline! He conviently forgot to mention that! But hey, being positive about SA is now the 'in thing' and one is so fashionable. Sad bunch you lot are!
So you saying that its acceptable to ignore the ordinary citizens who are murdered on a daily basis while the world cup is on? You constantly pick certain facts, ignore others just to paint a pretty picture. A loser mentality is to ignore certain truths and facts. Wonder why you cannot simply accept the fact that SA have numerous problems and issues (and yes every country in the world do have their own problems). In order to resolve them, they first have to be recognised. But with people like yourself constantly pretending that they do not exist, makes that nearly impossible.
Anonymous said ...
"...SA have numerous problems ..."
Not the least of which is the Afrikaner's continued inability or refusal to write proper English.
Get over your antiquated ideas of "baasskap".
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