Comments on: Guns, Oil and Football http://www.footballiscominghome.info/the-players/guns-oil-and-football/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:33:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marc http://www.footballiscominghome.info/the-players/guns-oil-and-football/comment-page-1/#comment-662 Marc Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:04:57 +0000 http://www.footballiscominghome.net/?p=1696#comment-662 I just think it is such a pointless exercise. A lot of international businesses perceive Africa as being a violent place where the rule of law counts for nothing. It discourages them from making further investments in the continent and incidents like these just re-inforce this opinion. Bloody frustrating! I just think it is such a pointless exercise.

A lot of international businesses perceive Africa as being a violent place where the rule of law counts for nothing. It discourages them from making further investments in the continent and incidents like these just re-inforce this opinion.

Bloody frustrating!

]]> By: Peter http://www.footballiscominghome.info/the-players/guns-oil-and-football/comment-page-1/#comment-661 Peter Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:44:10 +0000 http://www.footballiscominghome.net/?p=1696#comment-661 Lots of print and broadcast coverage in SA media here about how Angola is NOT South Africa, and how 2010 is a whole different ball game from the African Nations Cup. Mark Gleeson's insights here: http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-01-09-you-cannot-compare-angola-with-sa (Note how Local Organizing Committee official essentially blamed Togo for the attack!) Sample of global media resonance: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/world/africa/09angola.html Lots of print and broadcast coverage in SA media here about how Angola is NOT South Africa, and how 2010 is a whole different ball game from the African Nations Cup.

Mark Gleeson’s insights here:

http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-01-09-you-cannot-compare-angola-with-sa

(Note how Local Organizing Committee official essentially blamed Togo for the attack!)

Sample of global media resonance:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/world/africa/09angola.html

]]> By: Sports Mongrel http://www.footballiscominghome.info/the-players/guns-oil-and-football/comment-page-1/#comment-655 Sports Mongrel Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:24:59 +0000 http://www.footballiscominghome.net/?p=1696#comment-655 While it is all good and well to be fearless, these are the kind of problems and negative press that the African continent does not need - especially in the year in which we are attracting international teams to come and play the soccer world cup here. There is s still a lot of negative perceptions and lumping together of "Africa" into a single basket. While South Africa is not Angola, it gives ammunition to those German security consultants who advised all their players to wear bullet proof vests outside of their hotel room. A similar thing happened to the Sri Lankan (?) cricket team in Pakistan about 18 months back and they haven't been able to get international teams back to support them and play fixtures there. People have long memories. While it is all good and well to be fearless, these are the kind of problems and negative press that the African continent does not need – especially in the year in which we are attracting international teams to come and play the soccer world cup here.

There is s still a lot of negative perceptions and lumping together of “Africa” into a single basket. While South Africa is not Angola, it gives ammunition to those German security consultants who advised all their players to wear bullet proof vests outside of their hotel room.

A similar thing happened to the Sri Lankan (?) cricket team in Pakistan about 18 months back and they haven’t been able to get international teams back to support them and play fixtures there. People have long memories.

]]>