How Will South Africans Benefit From the World Cup?
Source: Pambazuka
The press conference celebrating 100 days before the World Cup kick-off left the big question unanswered, argues Azad Essa: How will South Africans benefit from the World Cup? For Essa ‘only the dim-witted, government or FIFA communication officers walked away feeling that the World Cup was really about anything more than ending Afro-pessimism and stroking a couple of shiny suits.’
I don’t like press conferences.
Organised to propagate nothing more than a particular message, they are spaces where real questions are rarely asked because there is no place for real answers.