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Archived Boards => 2010 World Cup - South Africa => Topic started by: LondonTrini LFC on February 01, 2009, 08:51:18 AM
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http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/01/29/southafrica.survey.2010/index.html?iref=intlOnlyonCNN (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/01/29/southafrica.survey.2010/index.html?iref=intlOnlyonCNN)
By Mike Steere
For CNN
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LONDON, England (CNN) -- A survey by football's governing body FIFA has found that more than half of South African people are worried about the country's high crime rate impacting the 2010 World Cup.
South Africans are happy to have the World Cup, but worried about crime during the event.
South Africans are happy to have the World Cup, but worried about crime during the event.
The World Cup, which goes to South Africa for the first time next year, is the beautiful game's showpiece event and is expected to attract global interest in the African nation.
FIFA's survey showed 53 percent of people were worried that the nation's crime rate -- which is one of the highest in the world -- could affect the event, which is now less than 500 days away.
Official statistics from the country show violent crime is a major issue, with more than 17,000 murders and almost 137,000 serious and violent assaults recorded in 2007.
Despite the concerns, more South Africans (77%) now believe the World Cup will be a success, and 91% of people believe the event will have a positive effect on the country's tourism sector, the survey found.
Overall, 88% of people said they were "proud" that South Africa was hosting the 2010 event.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter said security at the event would be very tight.
"Through the competition, there will be extremely tight security, just as there is at the Olympic Games and other huge sporting events. We hope that this security will be maintained after the World Cup in order to ensure that we have left a legacy," Blatter said.
One thousand people were questioned for the FIFA survey.
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They should b worried.
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they will have ah problem,evrybody will be lookin to put someting in they pocket,if it involves robbin some naive european or american tourist,so be it.
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pardon me........I havent been really focused on SA......but is 17,000 murders dey say.........ah guess dat eh bad wit a population over 44 million.........
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Interesting ... off the topic.
I watching the Milan game on mute and have NBC for the SB on to the side, and Bob Costas just mentioned that while the SB is the biggest sporting event to Americans, the Olympics is the biggest sporting event to the world.
Now while I know NBC has television rights, which will obviously influence the propoganda they pitch - I always thought it was the World Cup that was the biggest sporting event in the world.
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Interesting ... off the topic.
I watching the Milan game on mute and have NBC for the SB on to the side, and Bob Costas just mentioned that while the SB is the biggest sporting event to Americans, the Olympics is the biggest sporting event to the world.
Now while I know NBC has television rights, which will obviously influence the propoganda they pitch - I always thought it was the World Cup that was the biggest sporting event in the world.
World Cup is the single most watched sporting event in the World. Dem American never want to talk about that.
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Interesting ... off the topic.
I watching the Milan game on mute and have NBC for the SB on to the side, and Bob Costas just mentioned that while the SB is the biggest sporting event to Americans, the Olympics is the biggest sporting event to the world.
Now while I know NBC has television rights, which will obviously influence the propoganda they pitch - I always thought it was the World Cup that was the biggest sporting event in the world.
Bob costas is wrong to say that when just 2 days ago his colleague keith obermann said it was the World Cup that is the biggest sporting event in the world....
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KO keeps it real.
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pardon me........I havent been really focused on SA......but is 17,000 murders dey say.........ah guess dat eh bad wit a population over 44 million.........
Are you justifying 17,000 murders in one year because of the pop. of 44 million.Yuh cyah be serious man.
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pardon me........I havent been really focused on SA......but is 17,000 murders dey say.........ah guess dat eh bad wit a population over 44 million.........
Are you justifying 17,000 murders in one year because of the pop. of 44 million.Yuh cyah be serious man.
17,000 is really alarming...
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Now while I know NBC has television rights, which will obviously influence the propoganda they pitch - I always thought it was the World Cup that was the biggest sporting event in the world.
Bob costas is wrong to say that when just 2 days ago his colleague keith obermann said it was the World Cup that is the biggest sporting event in the world....
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It depends on how you measure it... I think the WC is the largest spectator event, while the Olympics have the largest viewership worldwide. Not too sure though.
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Talking to those SA college footballers, and they were saying they don't know how they getting people to other games around SA. They were talking about places they don't go in J'burg where they live for fear of being robbed or becoming some type of victim.
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pardon me........I havent been really focused on SA......but is 17,000 murders dey say.........ah guess dat eh bad wit a population over 44 million.........
...only if yuh compare it to Trinbago's statistics :-\
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pardon me........I havent been really focused on SA......but is 17,000 murders dey say.........ah guess dat eh bad wit a population over 44 million.........
Are you justifying 17,000 murders in one year because of the pop. of 44 million.Yuh cyah be serious man.
nah ah wasnt.......america have 300 million plus and didnt cross dat 17,000 mark
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pardon me........I havent been really focused on SA......but is 17,000 murders dey say.........ah guess dat eh bad wit a population over 44 million.........
...only if yuh compare it to Trinbago's statistics :-\
some fuzzy duzzy math.......trinbago at around 50 right now........50x12=600x40=24000
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I wonder what Brasil's #s are.
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I wonder what Brasil's #s are.
2003 51000 and 2006 46000
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I wonder what Brasil's #s are.
2003 51000 and 2006 46000
Brazil have over 140 mil population
T&T have 1.5 and read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_homicide_rate
Scary >:(
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.... and they worried about a lil 17000?