| I'm a South African and for the 30 years living in Cape | | | | Amidst all the noise of the vuvuzela's (yes that |
| Town I can truly say without a doubt that i am | | | | annoying blowing thing), the government have stepped |
| convinced this country will never change. We have just | | | | up security for both teams and the general public but |
| spent R48 billion (1 Rand = 8 Dollars ) to host the world | | | | now that the world cup has gone things have just |
| cup which I am glad to say was incident free but me | | | | returned back to normal. All the reserve police officers |
| like many are beginning to ask the same question, was | | | | that were called back to duty during the event have |
| it worth it? | | | | now been laid off from their posts. Far more worse |
| I don't think so. I believe that all the money spent | | | | than this is the economy, which has not really changed |
| hosting the event could have been better spent on | | | | in any good way. It was estimated that the world cup |
| measures to reduce crime. Many do however think | | | | 2010 has added 4% to the GDP but at the same time, |
| that it was worth every cent but how far are we | | | | the event has also put industry on hold thus causing |
| going to go to grab the attention of the world to make | | | | the GDP to lose the 4% because the country basically |
| our country a travel destination before we start fixing | | | | stood still to host and watch the event. |
| the problems at home first. What good is it if we | | | | Prior to the event many people had taken out second |
| market ourselves all over the world but when visitors | | | | home loans to renovate their homes in order to offer |
| do arrive, they are mugged on Table Mountain? | | | | accommodation for the "mass of tourists that would |
| Why not spend all our resources to make South | | | | come" but they didn't. This has for me been the |
| Africa safer? That way when people come here to | | | | biggest blow to ordinary hard working middle-class |
| visit they can be assured that they will be safe. | | | | South Africans. To put it fairly many people and |
| Isn't a safer country more appealing than a country | | | | industry have lost out but this won't be an excuse |
| than a country that's unsafe? I would rather want to | | | | when the bank comes to repossess the homes to |
| spend my hard earned money on a holiday that I know | | | | pay back the loans. Reports are coming out on a daily |
| the chances of me being killed or mugged are | | | | basis that more and more people have since defaulted |
| significantly lower than if I were to go to a beautiful | | | | on their home loans thus leading to final foreclosure. |
| and popular country where i stood the chances of | | | | My website which supplies visitors with information on |
| losing my life. What even more upsetting than the | | | | where and how to buy bank repossessed houses has |
| crime that I have to face on a daily basis is the fact | | | | seen a significant increase of visitors post world cup. |
| that most South African were under the impression | | | | More and more requests are coming into my inbox |
| that is some or other way we would benefit financially | | | | about people who are defaulting wanting information |
| from this event. The only industries that have benefited | | | | on what they can do to stop the repossession from |
| from this event are the entertainment and hospitality | | | | occurring. |
| industries. | | | | |