"2010 safe from crime"

[mancombseepgood]

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_2140821,00.html

Nqakula: 2010 safe from crime

Pretoria - Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula said on Tuesday he did not understand why crime was being linked to the 2010 World Cup.

"If there is a major threat against this tournament, tell us, we want to deal with it. Is there going to be a bomb that is going to go off at the stadium?"

Someone can predict these things?

Speaking at the release of the police's crime statistics for the last financial year, Nqakula said that South Africa had successfully hosted the Rugby World Cup in 1994, when crime levels were much higher.

Yes, prolly cos it was a crime to urinate in public... or maybe because crime was recorded properly, or people had more faith in the police... maybe...

National police commissioner Jackie Selebi said that he was not lying awake every night "with 2010 on my forehead."

He said the destinations, routes and hotels to be used would be known.

"We know where people are going to stay, what routes they are going to take and which stadiums they are going to go to."

He said after people drove a jeep into Glasgow airport over the weekend, nobody was saying "forget 2012" in reference to London's hosting of the next Olympic Games.

Thats cos their chief of police lies awake every night "with 2012 on his forehead"

And how do you know the routes people will take, or the places they will stay?
An what if they stay all over the place? Or are there special "WC visitor" demarkated routes and places to stay? What if the people themselves don't know these "routes"? Or will we have a reliable and safe public transport system in place by then.

On the bright side, South Africans can look forward to one crime free year!

 

[kilo39]

Thats cos their chief of police lies awake every night "with 2012 on his forehead"

Ah great post. Just what I needed: a good laugh

 

[Milano]

Speaking at the release of the police's crime statistics for the last financial year, Nqakula said that South Africa had successfully hosted the Rugby World Cup in 1994, when crime levels were much higher.

 

[capetownguy]

i think nqakula and his counterpart struggle to get the correct message across.
While crime is out of control in south africa, when we talk about event security we are talking about something totally different.

Security around the stadium precinct and major world cup zones will be top notch and unlike anything south africans who have never been abroad would have experienced.

Our problem however does exist where tourists move out of these secure zones and an incident takes place which is eventually publicized globally.

 

[Vampir0]

Bwhahaha! Saw the news tonight on SABC...I don't think we will be hosting the 2010 cup

WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! Crime IS a problem!

 

[capetownguy]

we'll definitely be hosting the world cup, crime will be a problem beyond 2010, its the stupidity of nqakula and the corrupt police chief that prevent us from dealing with the issue.

 

[bekdik]

If the cost of crime was deducted from tax, the government would do something. Fast.

 

[Capetonian688]

Do not be ridiculous. The World Cup will never be removed from SA. It will be hosted by us in 2010 and we will be proud. It will be the best World Cup ever. SA will rise to show the world that Africans can plan, action, achieve and over-achieve above expectations. And all without any help from the West.

Start being positive and support 2010. Start showing some admiration for your home country. Start smiling and enjoy the rainbow. Start living life. Wake up in the New South Africa, and smell the coffee.

 

[supersunbird]

Do not be ridiculous. The World Cup will never be removed from SA. It will be hosted by us in 2010 and we will be proud. It will be the best World Cup ever. SA will rise to show the world that Africans can plan, action, achieve and over-achieve above expectations. And all without any help from the West.

Start being positive and support 2010. Start showing some admiration for your home country. Start smiling and enjoy the rainbow. Start living life. Wake up in the New South Africa, and smell the coffee.

I hope Mugabe learns something. And while I support 2010 (please find any place where I said I dont), I also want to use it as a "punishment" to get government to adress the crime issue. Of course you dont want the government to sort out the crime issue for some reason...

 

[RVFmal]

Do not be ridiculous. The World Cup will never be removed from SA. It will be hosted by us in 2010 and we will be proud. It will be the best World Cup ever. SA will rise to show the world that Africans can plan, action, achieve and over-achieve above expectations. And all without any help from the West.

Start being positive and support 2010. Start showing some admiration for your home country. Start smiling and enjoy the rainbow. Start living life. Wake up in the New South Africa, and smell the coffee.

Before making bold statements like that, let it be known that in virtually all the Stadium projects, there are non-South African Companies and Engineers involved (as is the case with Gautrain). Most are European i.e. the West as you referred to it.

Whilst there is no doubt that the WC will be hosted here (and in all probability successfully), there will be problems. The problem is that we have Beaurocrats making arbitrary statements to the effect of dismissing the notion that crime could possibly impact on the tournament and to have our Police Commissioner stating that he goes to bed without worrying about how crime will impact on the tournament is extremely disconcerting as he should be going to bed every night worrying about crime period.

 

[MielieSpoor]

hosted the Rugby World Cup in 1994

This minister doens't know what he is talking about. RWC was in 95...election was in 94. Crime was higher in 94 cos of the elections...

 

[marine1]

Crime was higher in 94? Ummm ok if the minister says so then it must be true

 

[LCBXX]

This minister doens't know what he is talking about. RWC was in 95...election was in 94

BWAHAHAHA, you saw that.

Poor ouf, how does he expect people to have faith in his statements when he barfs instead of speaking.

I hope that "one" day our different competencies in Government would stop denying that a problem exists just to protect their portfolios. Everything is NOT honky-dory.

Perhaps they are taking the AIDS Stance with crime - since people are not dying as quickly as with Ebola or The Plaugue, we will acknowledge the problem and debate around it until it hopefully goes away by itself.

 

[JK8]

Bwhahaha! Saw the news tonight on SABC...I don't think we will be hosting the 2010 cup

WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! Crime IS a problem!

Shutup!

The statement on Tv that I liked, was the only thing that makes the World CUp a success or not, is fully packed stadiums!! Of course we can do that!

As for all you negative idiots, go dig a hole and bury yourself!

 

[4cer]

Yes .. the stadiums will be filled by all the Free tickets GIVEN to the "previously Disadvantaged", or Government "Friends"

You don't think our Government will go into the township and give away free tickets if attendance is low ??

They'll give them away.. and defeat the point.

 

[frenchi6625]

Do not be ridiculous. The World Cup will never be removed from SA. It will be hosted by us in 2010 and we will be proud. It will be the best World Cup ever. SA will rise to show the world that Africans can plan, action, achieve and over-achieve above expectations. And all without any help from the West.

...but not form coherent sentences...

 

[marine1]

Do not be ridiculous. The World Cup will never be removed from SA. It will be hosted by us in 2010 and we will be proud. It will be the best World Cup ever. SA will rise to show the world that Africans can plan, action, achieve and over-achieve above expectations. And all without any help from the West.

Start being positive and support 2010. Start showing some admiration for your home country. Start smiling and enjoy the rainbow. Start living life. Wake up in the New South Africa, and smell the coffee.

ROFLMAO. Bwahahaha. Thats good. Are they teaching you that in university if you are still there? Rainbow? What rainbow? I see thinder and lightining but there is no rainbow. Maybe it is in the ANC HQ? I mean there is certainly a pot of gold there. Smell the coffee? Maybe you should stop drinking so much of it.

 

[JK8]

Yes .. the stadiums will be filled by all the Free tickets GIVEN to the "previously Disadvantaged", or Government "Friends"

You don't think our Government will go into the township and give away free tickets if attendance is low ??

They'll give them away.. and defeat the point.

Errr ye sure complain for every little thing damn shame man.
Ofcourse the stadiums will be full tickets wont be free unfortunatly.

 

[mancombseepgood]

lol@free tickets comment
water isn't free, don't see why soccer tickets will be

 

[LCBXX]

lol@free tickets comment
water isn't free, don't see why soccer tickets will be

Water is free where I live apparently. The reservoir close to my place has been springing massive leaks that flood the street for almost 2 months.