ONCE again, Africa has made it! Once again, the peoples of the continent of Africa, led by battle hungry South Africa has made it in their millions, to host arguably the greatest sport festivity on the earth – the World Cup!
Ours must be now only to work hard, to show to all and sundry that together, collectively as Africans, believing that we have built the ancient Eqyptian pyramids and Castle for Jan van Riebeeck, that we are able to build stadiums and speedily prepare everything in time for 2010 World Cup. All of us together in SADC and elsewhere on this great continent of ours, will benefit from this 2010 World Cup hosting in SA.We must together with expert labour movement policies and protocols in SACU and SADC make sure that we commit our top brains towards this project.It must be what I would coin, a New Partnership for Africa’s World Cup 2010 operation.Once again, the dreams and aspirations of Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Akaziwe of Nigeria, Nujoma of Namibia, Nasser of Egypt, Robert Resha and Parks Mankalahna of South Africa has been realised.This must be indeed a victorous moment for all the inhabitants of Africa.Tata Mandela and Thabo Mbeki’s country that lies on the south of Africa.Still Africa has arisen to claim its rightful place amonsgt its peers.Henny Seibeb KatuturaAll of us together in SADC and elsewhere on this great continent of ours, will benefit from this 2010 World Cup hosting in SA.We must together with expert labour movement policies and protocols in SACU and SADC make sure that we commit our top brains towards this project.It must be what I would coin, a New Partnership for Africa’s World Cup 2010 operation.Once again, the dreams and aspirations of Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Akaziwe of Nigeria, Nujoma of Namibia, Nasser of Egypt, Robert Resha and Parks Mankalahna of South Africa has been realised.This must be indeed a victorous moment for all the inhabitants of Africa.Tata Mandela and Thabo Mbeki’s country that lies on the south of Africa.Still Africa has arisen to claim its rightful place amonsgt its peers.Henny Seibeb Katutura
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