![]() I know that sliproad well and it is not at all challenging so my immediate reaction was that the driver must have been drunk. She was on her way home from the big concert in Soweto when their car overturned near the motorway sliproad to Selby in central Jo’burg. The death last night of Nelson Mandela’s 13-year-old great-grand-daughter, Zenani, has cast a considerable pall. Portugal’s recent walloping of Cameroon and Holland’s thumping of Ghana in pre-tournament friendlies may have injected a dose of realism, but the media will continue to encourage all manner of fantastical expectations.ġ1 June. The clear message of the ads is that Africa is going to win the Cup. Ads show African footballing stars – Eto’o, Essien, Drogba, Pienaar – first in dreary English settings and then returning home to the African sunshine, where they’re met by vast welcoming crowds. ![]() The advertising tends to stress Africa, not just South Africa – perhaps just as well given the home team’s weaknesses. ![]() South Africa is being worked up by an endless media barrage into a state of great excitement and expectancy about the World Cup. More of his posts, and those of some other LRB contributors, can be found at lrb.co.uk/blog/world-cup-2010/Ħ June. Johnson’s article in this issue is taken from some of his blog posts during the South Africa 2010 World Cup. ![]()
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