Harsh Realities Dept: Maybe spending that money on its citizens could have avoided the anti-immigrant violence that's now widely predicted. Or maybe the many thousands of South Africans who believed they would benefit from the games will wait passively now for those Olympics. Maybe at the Olympics games 20 years from now they'll actually be able to sell their modest goods to visitors, as FIFA prevented them from doing at World Cup matches, according to Globe And Mail. “ What an anti-climax. What a let-down. How mediocre and second-rate so much of it seemed. ” For South Africa, the euphoria will quickly evaporate to be replaced by harsh realities. A government that can't supply electricity and sanitation to its citizens will now seriously consider an Olympic bid. After all, you have to do something with those gorgeous new stadiums FIFA forced South Africa to build, though for a fraction of the cost existing ones could have been refurbished. Imagine what $5-billion could have done for South Africans who have been so bitterly betrayed by their venal, self-enriching ANC government, once proud freedom-fighters. As
reported in the news.
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