For the up-coming month, the African continent courtesy of the dedication and resolve of the South Africans, will witness the greatest footballing event ever taking place on its shore. As this is a 'once in a lifetime opportunity' we have to reflect as a society that finds itself next to the World Cup 2010 host, to find out why we failed to fully capitalize on this rare phenomenon, and learn from countries such as Zimbabwe and Tanzania as to how they managed to, benefit from the same.
The starting point therefore would be to ask a few questions, particularly in relation to to the so-called 2010 Task Force, whose mandate one would believe, was to ensure that we directly benefit from this sporting event. In no particular order, the first is, who are the people who make the task force? Secondly, what criteria was used to have these people in the particular institution? and finally what were their key performance areas? That is , where do we stand now that the World Cup is starting today and these individuals have not even brought a single country here for a warm-up match. How much money was put into this noble exercise and how much of it has been used and in what way? How much is left and since the World Cup will be gone in a month, what will the rest be put into?
