Goodluck Africa!

It has been a somewhat tumultuous period leading to the World Cup with some nations, particularly from the West casting doubt on Africa and in particular, South Africa's ability to host a successful tournament.

Their concerns were largely based on South Africa's violent crime rate that is indisputably high as well as its spontaneous industrial action, which has the potential to disrupt services. However we could not help but notice that there was, as is always the case, an undercurrent of something else. Something much more insidious. Something lodged deep in the psyche of anyone who always doubts whether people of this continent have the same ability to deliver or handle tasks of a mammoth type.