(2010) Six red cards for Fifa
successfully bid for a future Olympic Games? These white elephants cost
the state R24 billion in subsidies.
The most expensive (R4.5 bn), at Cape Town’s Green Point, was foolish,
for the existing soccer stadium in Athlone could have hosted the
semifinals with an additional layer of seats. But no, according to Fifa
documentation, “A billion television viewers don’t want to see shacks
and poverty on this scale.”
Harder to keep from view is next-door neighbour Absa Stadium, home of
Sharks rugby, which seats 52 000 and which easily could be extended
(considering that Durban municipality will knock out 15 000 seats from
Mabhida after July anyhow).
South Africa, the world’s most unequal major country. Reports of bribes
for players, referees and officials are emerging.
Lord Triesman, who chaired England’s Football Association and headed its
2018 World Cup proposal, last month claimed in a taped phone
But the biggest corruption problem, as Foul! author Andrew Jennings puts
it, is that “The unaccountable structure they’ve installed is honed to
deliver the game to the needs of global capitalism - with no checks or
restraints. Just cheques.”
Those outflows are reason enough for a third red card: the huge import
bill and rise in foreign debt we are suffering, much as did
Olympics-opiated Greece before its fall. According to the Mail&Guardian,
not only will it Fifa not be subject to taxes, the Zurich soccer gnomes
can ignore SA exchange control regulations.
account balance extremely hard. Already we are at the very bottom of the
emerging markets rankings, making likely a rand crash sooner than later.
advertised and probably won’t dislodge Joburg-Pretoria commuters to the
new stations given traffic jams and parking shortages.
suffer from transport problems – above all, commuters from places like
Soweto and Diepsloot. Instead, it takes away resources that could
improve the lives of millions of commuters.”
Durban, given that the old one had excess capacity until 2017, and given
the doubling of distance and taxi fares from central Durban?
in wasted opportunities – the trashy Zakumi doll mascot made in China,
not here – and the brute displacement tactics of municipalities.
protesters in Etwatwa (East Rand) and Protea South (Soweto) and of two
young men in Phoenix, Durban which catalysed a demonstration against
Amathikithi ayisithupha abomvu ngoFIFA
(Six red cards for Fifa)
Kungenzeka kubekhona ukuzisola ngamaphutha amakhulu enziwe ngomasipala kanye nohulumeni kazwelonke, bengaphansi kwengcindezi yeFIFA?
Ukuphephezelisa amaflegi, kanye nokufutha amavuvuzela ngeke kushintshe cishe izinto eziyisithupha iNdebe Yomhlaba egxeka ngazo:
1.) Ukubanezinto ezihambisa phambili ezingacacile kanye nokuxhaphaza izimali
2.) Ukwenza inzulu kakhulu kweFIFA kanye nokukhwabanisa ngezombusazwe
3.) Ukwenyuka kwezikweletu zamazwe angaphandle kanye nokuthengwa kwezinto emazweni angaphandle kodwa kube kwaziwa ukuthi isimo somnotho sibucayi;
4.) Ukophulwa kwezithembiso eziqhamuka kongxiwankulu phezulu zehlela ezansi kwabanhlwempu;
5.) Ukumiswa okwesikhashana kwamalungelo entandoyeningi; kanye
6) Nokucindezelwa kwemibhikilisho evelayo.
Akesibheke kanzulu lamaphuzu ayisithupha. Okokuqala, ukuxhaphaza imali ikona okugqma kakhulu kulezizinkundla.
Ngabe imuphi umcimbi ongagcwalisa lezizinkundla emave komdlalo wokugciina webhola ngoNtulikazi? Zingaki izikhulu nazo ezinokuzikhohlisa njengezaseThekwini – njengokuthi-nje ubani ongakhankasela ukuthi imidlalo yamaOlympics ezayo ize kulelidolobha? Lezizizinkundla zibize uhulumeni izigidi ezingu24 zamarand ngokuxhaswa.
Inkundla ebize kunazozonke ngoR4.5 wamabhiliyoni, iGreenPoint yaseKapa ibe ubuphukuphuku ngoba ikhona inkundla yebhola eAthlone Park futhi eyayingakwazi ukuthi kudlalwe kuyona imidlalo yebhola eyandulela umdlalo wokugcina kwakufanele-nje kwandiswe ngezihlalo. Kodwa akeanzekanga ngoba uFIFA wathi “izigidigidi zababukeli bakamabonakude abafuni ukubona imijondolo kanye nokuhlupheka okungaka.”
Inkundla yaseThekwini iMose Mabhida ehlala abantu abangu70 000, edle uR3.1 wamabhiliyoni, noma kuthiwa yinhle kakhulu yona yayinqunyelwe ukulungiswa ngoR1.8 wamabhiliyoni, kodwa kusho ukuhti kufanele sifihle futhi sikhohlwe ukuthi kunabantu abaningi abaswele izindlu, amanzi kanye nezendle, ugesi, imitholampilo, izikole kanye nemigwaqo.
Futhi uma kukhona eneye inkundla esobala engumakhelwane iAbsa Stadium, ikhaya leqembu lombhoxo iSharks, ehlala ababukeli abngu52 000 ebingaxhunywa kalula (ikakhulukazi mawubheka ukuthi izihlalo ezingu15000 zizobhidlizwa eMoses Mabhida emva kukaNtulikazi.)
Ukuthola uxolo kulelikhadi elibomvu lokuxhashazwa kwezimali kungaba ukunciphisa inzuzo eyenziwe izinkampani ebezakha lezizinkundla leyomali bese iyiswa ezidingweni zabantu abahlala emalokishini ngisho nezinkundla ezinothuli, namatshe abazisebenzisayo.
Ikhadi lesibili elibomvu elingakhishelwa uFifa, umkhuba wabo wokukhohlakala kanye nokuphila ngobukhazikhazi eNingizimu Afrika, izwe eemhlabeni elaziwa ngokungalinani kwabantu. Imibiko yomkhonyovu kubadlali, onompempe kanye nezikhulu ilokhu ivela.
ULord Triesman, owayengusihlalo weEngland Football Association futhi owayehola umkhankaso weWorld Cup ka2018, ngenyanga edlule wabika ngenkathi ekhuluma ocingweni oluqophayo ukuthi iSpani neRussia bazimisele ukukhokhela onompempe ukuze benzelele ngakubo.
Kodwa kunezinkinga zenkohlakalo ezijulile, njengokufa kowaxwayisa ngenkohlakalo eMpumalanga: lapho abayisishagalombili ababulawa kusolakala kanye nohlu labazobulawa elikhombisa ukwehlakana okujilile kwiqembu elibusayo lezombusazwe.
Kodwa inkinga enkulu yenkohlakalo, njengoba umbhali wencwadi iFoul! uAndrew Jennings esho, ukuthi “Indlela abangalawuleki ngayo abenza ngayo benzela ukuletha lomdlalo ezidingweni zomnotho zomhlaba – ngapahndle kokulawula kanye nokucophelela. Kuphela-nje imali.”
Lokhu kungesinye isizathu sokuba banikwe ikhadi lesithathu elibomvu: izinga elikhulu lezimpahla elikhokhelwe ezivela ngaphandle kanye nezikweletu zamazwe anagaphandle esizikweletayo, njengoba kwenzekile naseGreece. Ngokusho kweMail&Guardian, uFifa ngeke ukhokhe intela, ngakho-ke lenhlangano yezicebi zaseZurich iyakwazi ukuziba imithetho yaseNingizimu Afrika ehambisana nokushintshwa kwezimali.
Njengoba inzuzo yeFifa iqagelelwa kuR24 wamabhliyoni (emva kokuba bedayse amalungelo kamabonakude wodwa ngo2.8 wamabhiliyoni amadola, kodwa ukuhanjiswa kwezimali zalapha ziye phesheya kuzolishaya kanzima kakhulu iphokethe lethu lasebhange. Okokuqala silephansi uma siqhathaniswa namazwe asafufusa, okungenza irandi liwe khona maduze-nje.
Okubi kakhulu, ukuthi ukwakhiwa obekugcwele yonke indawo ikona obekuphethe ezomnotho zethu, njengoba kwenzeka naseMelika ngaphambi kokuhti iwe. Izindlela ezibizayo zokuthutha abantu, ngekwesibonelo nje, ukugembula kwabantu abacebile, njengoba isitimela iGautrain esibize uR25 wamabhiliyono, futhi esibiza abagibeli izikhathi eziphindwe kasishagalombili futhiokungeke kuhlakanise abagibeli baseGoli nasePitoli kuleziteshi ezintsha njengoba netraffic inkulu kanye nendawo yokupaka izimoto ingekho.
Njengoba umholi wabasebenzi uZwelinzima Vavi, echaza, iGautrain “ayenzi lutho kulabo abazihluphekelayo izinto zokuhamba – ikakhulukazi abagibeli abasuka ezindaweni ezifana noSoweto and Diepsloot. Esikhundleni salokho, lokhu kuthatha izidingogqangi ezingathuthukisa izimpilo zezigidi zabagibeli.”
Ngabe kwakungukuhlakanipha ukwakha iKing Shaka International Airport ebize uR8 wamabhiliyoni eThekwini, njengoba lesisikhumulo sezindiza esidala bengakwazi ukuqhubeka kuze kube ngu2017, ikakhulukazi mawusubheka ukuhti isphindwe kabili indlela eya khona uma usuka maphakathi nedolobha laseThekwini.
Ikhadi lesine elibomvu indlela engabangakhona ngayo yokusuka komnotho phezulu wehlele ezansi ebantwini, lokhu okubonakala njengokumosha amathuba akade ekhona, njengoba lonodoli omelet iFifa uZakumi enziwe ezweni laseChina, hayi lapha eMzansi kanye nokuphazamiseka kwendlela abantu abaphila ngayo. Abadayisa emigaqweni badinwe kakhulu ngokungavunyelwa ukudayisa kulamadolobhakazi, njengoba kunjalo nakumadobi baseThekwini.
Ezobuciko, ukuvakasha kanye nezinkundla zebhola zasemalokishini bekufanele zizuze nazo. Kodwa-ke njengokusho komongameli wesifundazwe saseKapa we SA Football Association, uNorman Erendse, waphawula wathi, okwehlela abantu kuvela kuFifa bekufana nemvuthuluka.
Futhi, lelikhadi akudingeki linikwe omasipala, umangase batshele uFifa ukuhti indawo yokudayisela ingaphakathi kwezinkundla hayi ngaphandle kwezinkundla, ukuze abadayisi basendaweni kanye nabadobi bakwazi ukuqhubeka nezimpilo zabo.
Ikhadi lesihlanu likaFifa ukuthatha ukubuswa koMzansi. Ngenkathi zinhlangano ezimele umphakathi zihlanganisa umbhikilisho ohambisana nentuthuko yemfundo ngesonto elidlule zimashela ePitoli lathola ukuthi “ yonke imibhikilisho kanye nokuhlangna, ngisho nokwethu, akuvumelekile eMzansi ngenyanga yonke kaNhlolanja kuze kube zingu15 kuNtulikazi.
Isizathu salokho, ukuhti njengengxenye yenkontileka phakathi kweFifa neNingizimu Afrika, “Amaphoyisa kanye nezinye izinhlanga zokuvkela bayobe bevikela malungelo okuhweba kaFifa kanye nozakakwabo.”
Ikhadi lesithupha elibomvu liya kumapholyisa aseNingizimu Afrika ngokugcindezela, ngenkathi kuqala uJenene Bheki Cele ngo2008 ethi ‘Dubulelani ukubulala’ ngenkathi esengungqongqoshe wezokuvikela esifundazweni saKwaZulu-Natal, lokhu kwadala ukuhlukumezeka kubasebenzi uma bebhikilisha kanye nokubulawa komuntu Etwatwa kanye naseSoweto kubantu ababebhilishela izidingogqndi kanye nokubulawa kwezinsizwa ezimbili ePhoenix, eThekwini okuqhqkqmbise ukubhikilishela isihluku samaphoyisa.
Ukulungisa lokhu kungadingeka ukuthi amaphoyisa angesheshi ukudubula ahlale ebhekise izibhamu kabantu, begade iFifa. Ukushintsha kwangempela kuyoba ukukhomba iminwe futhikwenziwe uphenyo kotsotsi bangempela, abaqhamuka eZurich