Strike in South Africa: the facade falls

Less than a year of the World South Africa is not ready for the biggest football tournament in the world. What has been the Confederations Cup, in part, a mirage. Although FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called with an approving a the Confecup mentioned missing improve transportation and hotel. For a change, today has broken a strike by workers that will stop indefinitely the construction of stadiums.

The Confederations Cup was a nice beta, but in the end, South Africa lacks the infrastructure to host the World Cup. Of the ten sites to be used in 2010, only five are functional. And the other? Under construction. The remaining stages should be delivered early next year, just in time. The World Cup in South Africa is a fight against his own countdown lag.

According to the spokesman of the National Union of Mineworkers, the workers receive less than 40 euro cents per hour (ie, just over half a dollar). The union requested an increase of 13%. You have to admit: football has brought development to the country by generating over 400,000 jobs, but also uncovers its sewers work. With the eyes of the world (and the multinationals that have invested their money), FIFA should press the government South Africa. After all, Blatter did not want to go down in history as the fool who rushed the first World Cup on African soil.

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