well the world cup has fully gripped the country, south africa is celebrating (if you can celebrate the violence that surrounded the killing of children!) youth day, a day where the country remembers the events of june 16th 1976 where some children in soweto protested against the use of Afrikaans as the main language of the education system (and maybe some deeper stuff which goes along with the apartheid regime at the time), around 500 children and young people were reported to be killed.
tonight bafana bafana, the south african football, team play their second game in the 2010 fifa world cup, lets hope that the country can 'unite' under sport and come together to support their team.
we are running soccer clubs each and everyday in the squatter camps and informal settlements in grabouw for the duration of the championships, lets hope the national team stay in the tournament long enough for the impact to make a real difference!
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