Surprise surprise...I'm back in cyperspace! My last post was more than a year ago, and yes a lot has happened, and I think that I can finally say that I have settled in in South Africa.
Now, the world cup frenzy is over, and hopefully all of you have been able to see, hear and FEEL what an incredible achievement it was for this first African world cup! Reading the standaardonline and other European-based press, I sometimes felt sorry and disappointed about the focus on crime and the bloody vuvuzelas, while the experience from within was all the opposite! CELEBRATION, it was a 1-month party, laughing faces, chanting, cheering, a people united and proud to be South African! Even I succumbed to the south african flag "window socks", an invention that one of the BBC guys who was staying at my neighbours' guest house called ready to conquer the world.
But so today, after all the craziness, the pride at succeeding in hosting the world's biggest sporting event, the sense of achievement for all the timely completed infrastructure works (maybe Belgium needs to win the 2018 world cup bid to finally get the GEN in Brussels and surroundings built...)...a group of independent media has launched a new campaign, called LEAD SA, calling out to all South Africans to STAND UP and embrace this positive vibe to continue to build a country we (yes I've started feeling a bit South African) can all be proud of. Looking ahead to a future filled with pride. Or to say it in Madiba's (Nelson Mandela's) words:"It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it". Check it out on www.leadsa.co.za
super! wat een kracht komt uit dat filmpje!
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