ID SPEECH ON SOCCER WORLD CUP
3 JUNE 2010-Speaker, we are 7 days from the World Cup and usually the number 7 is equated with the notion of good luck.
JOE MCGLUWA, MP AND SPOKESPERSON FOR SPORT
Speaker, we are 7 days from the World Cup and usually the number 7 is equated with the notion of good luck.
The ID would like to firstly salute former President Nelson Mandela for the role he played in securing for us the world’s biggest sporting competition.
As a young boy, I played the game and I also coached the game.
This game is about scoring goals.
After watching Bafana’s preparation for the World Cup we can see that our boys have really improved.
Unlike other coaches that rely on international superstars, Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has kept his word by announcing a squad that consists mainly of local players.
He preferred local because local is lekker and our boys have the spirit to win!
Speaker, 11 June 2010 will certainly be a significant day in our country’s history, where all of us will stand united in a free South Africa.
Our critics and those Afro-pessimists will be dumbstruck, while Mexico will be forced to confront a powerful South African Mexican wave.
The 2010 World Cup is on African soil, and we have 6 teams from the continent competing, which makes me proud to say that I am an African.
All of us must get behind what our Honourable Deputy President has baptized as the African continent’s 6-pack.
The ID calls upon all South Africans to support all African Countries to the bitter end, which we hope will actually be sweet.
We are not going to listen to anyone tell us that one of the continent’s teams will not able to put their arms around the World Cup, because we know that the ball is round and that in here Africa, Madiba magic reigns supreme.
These critics have also not recognized the trump card of South Africa’s twelfth player, better known as the vuvuzela.
African players have often dominated the most competitive leagues in the world and they are determined to make our continent proud.
Let us all put away our political differences for this month, and revel in the majesty of the beautiful game.
Speaker, I feel it in my heart,
I feel it in my hands,
I feel it in my feet,
I feel it in my hair,
I feel it all over me.
It is here,
Honorable members, feel it, it is here.
For media enquiries, please call Joe Mcgluwa on 084 2133 811
Speaker, we are 7 days from the World Cup and usually the number 7 is equated with the notion of good luck.
The ID would like to firstly salute former President Nelson Mandela for the role he played in securing for us the world’s biggest sporting competition.
As a young boy, I played the game and I also coached the game.
This game is about scoring goals.
After watching Bafana’s preparation for the World Cup we can see that our boys have really improved.
Unlike other coaches that rely on international superstars, Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has kept his word by announcing a squad that consists mainly of local players.
He preferred local because local is lekker and our boys have the spirit to win!
Speaker, 11 June 2010 will certainly be a significant day in our country’s history, where all of us will stand united in a free South Africa.
Our critics and those Afro-pessimists will be dumbstruck, while Mexico will be forced to confront a powerful South African Mexican wave.
The 2010 World Cup is on African soil, and we have 6 teams from the continent competing, which makes me proud to say that I am an African.
All of us must get behind what our Honourable Deputy President has baptized as the African continent’s 6-pack.
The ID calls upon all South Africans to support all African Countries to the bitter end, which we hope will actually be sweet.
We are not going to listen to anyone tell us that one of the continent’s teams will not able to put their arms around the World Cup, because we know that the ball is round and that in here Africa, Madiba magic reigns supreme.
These critics have also not recognized the trump card of South Africa’s twelfth player, better known as the vuvuzela.
African players have often dominated the most competitive leagues in the world and they are determined to make our continent proud.
Let us all put away our political differences for this month, and revel in the majesty of the beautiful game.
Speaker, I feel it in my heart,
I feel it in my hands,
I feel it in my feet,
I feel it in my hair,
I feel it all over me.
It is here,
Honorable members, feel it, it is here.
For media enquiries, please call Joe Mcgluwa on 084 2133 811
