Inside Story - Will the World Cup benefit South Africa?

When FIFA awarded South Africa hosting honours for the 2010 World Cup, many sceptics believed the nation could not pull it off. Others maintained that the event would negatively impact a country in which abject poverty is still widespread. But the event has kicked off with everything from stadiums to transport infrastructure ready. Inside Story asks what the costs of hosting the World Cup have been to South Africa and what South Africans stand to gain from the event.

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[solimiansky]

the poor will have to pay for the billion dollar stadiums, who will play in these stadiums after the cup???

[DEANORTIZ]

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[PokemonEater10]

If there going to bitch and moan about the cost they should have turned down the offer to host it.

[TheSaffa100]

why cant we be like this all the time? :( All Saffas together!!!

[Herb615]

FIFA sucks balls!!!!

[Herb615]

@lanie231

well played lanie

well palyaed

[Herb615]

@solimiansky

yeah man you're totally right

[Herb615]

Thank you South Africa

[TtheHF]

re 2:37 Foreigners are inspected to ingest how many billion? That's a lot of money to ingest, regardless of how hungry one might be!

[bless1010]

@MrAussiebogan

you need to be mature and think out side the box. you sound uneducated my friend. since the start of the world cup 2.3 to 2.8 goals per game. this world cup is still in that range. the noice is made for a perpose e.g. not to fucus on real issues.

[lanie231]

south africa did'nt need the world cup but the world needed south africa.

[MrAussiebogan]

SORRY TO SAY BUT THE WORLD CUP SO FAR HAS BEEN SHIT, NOT BECAUSE AUSTRALIA LOST I ACCEPT THAT, WE WERE BEATEN BY A WORLD CLASS SIDE, THE MAIN REASONS ARE 1: THE BALL 2: THE HORNS OR TRUMPET THING THE CROWDS ARE USING AND 3: NOT MANY GOALS, THE BALL IS SHIT IT IS TOO BOUNCY , EVEN DIFFERENT STRIKERS ARE COMPLAINING THE FREE KICKS ARE JUST SAILING OVER ITS NOT FUNNY, THE CROWD HORNS ARE SO ANNOYIN I WANT TO HEAR SINGING AND CHEERS NOT A SOUND THAT RESEMBLES A SWARM OF BEES, AND THE GOALS NOT MANY