Will the Rainbow Nation show us their true colours?

A number of people have termed this first World-Cup to be held on African soil as ‘Africa’s Moment’ and to lots of Africans, it is stirring up emotions only comparable to a long tarried independence. Former South African president Thabo Mbeki is quoted as saying that the 2010 FIFA World-Cup would be the moment the African continent “turned the tide on centuries of poverty and conflict”. Really?
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