But for real tho karen looks like the type of chick that could eat a d ick and break it, she looks and acts violent

Cleanman:

Hmmm, i ve been reading all this while,didnt want 2 comment bt i just think i had 2, pecorns or what do u actually call urself,u think u can bad mouth your own country abi?(typical Nigerian), hehehehe(stl laffin after reading your post), Nigeria might be struglin 2 get on her feet bt we dnt need any external soure 2 tell us that, my dear sa wanderer, wait until one or 2 of your family is been killed in another xenophobic attacks and lets see anoda remixed version of your polished posts on NL, LOL, TRUTH HURTS.think again b4 running your mouth again like a cholera infested childs hole, lol, Think bro, think,

It seems you have been blinded by propaganda,

4 Him:

maybe they shld just go back under apartheid.

big father:

Abeg my sister make you nor vex jare,the thing really got me wondering why these south africans are really getting aggresive now a days ! If na for Naija the the thing happen,we nor go rest and to think that the world cup will still hold there ?!

kenflipper:

That country is completely insane. I m wondering what takes people to the land of evil

Ya'll are just I D I O T S
that incedent never happenned in SA.
I guess yall have been blinded by propaganda, thus your opinions are just worthless.
You the type of people that dont add any value into world

Another anti-South African thread.

Aloy+Emeka:

How many South Africans is Nigeria expecting in 2 years?

you and your propaganda bullhsit, whats in it with you and south africa?,

heheheh thanks for the reply guys, never thought anyone would reply,

Aqbar:

Hey big fan of House music here am never tired of Kerri Chandler, Jimpster, Shapeshifters, Soul System, Frankie Knuckles, Atjazz, Jazzanova, Rhythm Plate, Soul Immigrants, Groove Committee and loads of many others, Kwaito is also my cup of tea and also Jazz, Jazz-Hiphop, and everything funky that exists on this planet earth including the almighty Afrobeat so do not feel dissapointed that many Nigerians do not appreciate such cuss they're some out there that do even if they're in the minutest minority so keep your head YORUBA, _{as a matter of fact I kinda think of the yoruba ethnic group when I think about the appreciation of Jazz and Funk in Nigeria, dont bother its just some idiosyncratic trivia.}

thats more kinda like my stuff,

I was watching that game live on TV, for some reason I noticed there was something wrong thats gonna happen.

snowdrops:

its a big deal in terms of poor corwd control presumably the same officials are supposed to be invloved in one way or the other during the world cup

The game was organised by the NFF, FIFA confirmed that they were not involved in the organisation of the game.
However its a big deal in terms of the perceptions Europeans gonna have over Africans, sad though.

davidif:

yep! but they are no worse than naija names like "government", "goodluck", "plant", or "longinus".

How about "someone" "pleasure" "kindness", lol

The English and Germans flock to South Africa every year. They even bought property around Cape Town and Western Cape, the German Institution for culture in Johannesburg has gone bigger, heck[b] South African gold has been feeding the mouths of the British royal family since 1905[/b](thats 60% of the earths gold) and still today. What more do they want?, oh the world is coming to an end in Jo'burg if South Africa host the world cup?
Oh they almost wiped out an entire race of aborigines in Australia.

FIFA slam negative South Africa stories
January 27, 2010 12:00:00 AM PST


FIFA have hit out at the negative publicity that continues to surround the build-up to the World Cup, but expressed satisfaction over the growing demand for tickets.

FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke at the World Cup draw, alongside Charlize Theron
GettyImagesFIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke at the World Cup draw, alongside Charlize Theron

The world governing body today announced that two thirds of the three million tickets were now sold - just under five months before kick-off.

The third window period for sales ended last week with a total of 1,206,865 applications received from 192 countries. Apart from the hosts, who had requested 958,381 tickets, the highest demand has come from the USA (50,217), the UK (41,529) and Australia (15,523).

Those figures left FIFA and Local Organising Committee (LOC) pleased, but there was plenty of outrage over a lack of support for this summer's showpiece.

"It's sad that every morning you wake up and every morning there are articles from the world's football family saying that people should not fly to South Africa, that this is a dangerous country, that this is not good, that there is no way this person should fly to South Africa because it is a crazy country, that FIFA and (Sepp) Blatter made the wrong decision to host the World Cup in South Africa,'' the organisation's general secretary Jerome Valcke said.

"What we are asking is for fair treatment for South Africa, the same treatment that all the other World Cup countries got. Don't kill the World Cup before it has even happened.''

LOC chief executive Danny Jordaan added: "First they said 'the stadiums will never be ready' - that was your perception. The reality is that all the stadiums are done.

"Then they said 'you're going to run out of money before everything is done' - it has not happened. That was the perception and it was wrong. Then they said 'no-one is going to buy the tickets' - now we saying we sold over two million and there are just 900,000 left. So we are happy where we are.''

Asked to pinpoint which countries were largely responsible for the negative press, Valcke added: "I would say mainly in Europe from Germany and England. These are the two countries.

"I have not seen so much from France, Italy or Spain or from Holland or any of the other countries that have qualified. But again, these two countries are very big voices in the football family and that's why any time they are talking about the World Cup football, it's immediately in the headlines.

"I even said to Danny this morning we should even ask Mr (Jacob) Zuma (president of South Africa) to give a call to his colleagues Angela Merkel (Germany), Gordon Brown (UK), etc, call them and say 'hey, tell your country South Africa is a country and it's not the end of the world'.

"So there is no specific person, there are a lot of people who have been talking about South Africa and saying 'don't go to South Africa' so my comment is going to all of them and not specifically to one of them.''

Valcke did, however, suggest there was a concern over flight numbers to and from South Africa. He continued: "There are some issues with flying. It's very difficult to find a seat from Europe to South Africa for the World Cup.

"The price of tickets is also extremely high. So we are working and trying to see with airline companies, including our partners Emirates, to see how we could solve this issue.''

The one other concern for English fans is getting their hands on tickets for some high-demand matches. So far, 6,000 of the 29,000 World Cup tickets allocated by organisers to the Football Association have been bought. One match - the last-16 encounter, should England qualify - has been oversubscribed by members of the official supporters' group.

There are 150 outstanding tickets to satisfy the demand, but Valcke said they will have to examine the situation closely before making a decision. He added: "Generally I think when you are five months away from the event, if they are asking for additional tickets and the tickets are available in those categories or the categories they want, then we will provide them with those tickets.''

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/732210/ce/uk/?cc=3888&ver=global

Ironically that article came from the same western media you referring to while the CEO of the Local Organizing Committee, Danny Jordan was on the news last night talking about the ticket sales are beginning to soar.
It so easy to believe in western propaganda when they report 20% of the truth, I remember a couple of years ago when they reported SA's stadiums won't be completed on time and look now all of them are completed ahead of schedule. At the same time they set up there own local studio's in SA knowing whats around them but they prefer to report the opposite, but then again its there own institutions its either read there articles or ignore. Every single tourist that has been to SA knows the truth and they know it will be the biggest party ever.

suxes2005:

aight yoruba.

I wish u were able to get the contract
No probs sha, dia are stil more contracts
to get here as we ae developing most
places!

SHALOM

I wish so too, but that was a long time ago(2004 I think). I'm very interested in creating business relations in west Africa and seemingly I met a lot of business minded Nigerians who gave me a positive impression of there country and its potential. I guess an opportunity like that is quite difficult to get especially in this current economic climate but then again Southern Africa is quite busy, Angola is developing fast, Botswana has a huge tourism potential which we looking to explore and there is South Africa with the world cup. At the moment Nigeria and west Africa remains a long term goal and so is Kenya and east Africa, all I can say is such things take time and patience but hopefully it could become a reality.

luizworld:

@ yoruba and RSA, seems you guys are south africns here. Thats intresting. Learning lots of stuff here already about south africa.
@ yoruba i was actually thinking u were a yoruba dude coz of your name
Anyways kudos to u guys!!

I actually studied west african culture back in varsity(particularly yoruba) and still listen to some yoruba tribal music(sometimes of course)

For interest sake:

The company that I'm working for had proposed on building a new Power Station in Calabar(I fully designed), but we lost the bid to some chinese consortium because they had a cheaper price. That was my first interaction with Nigerians, if we had won the project I could have came over and visit Nigeria. Nigeria is a very beautiful country with warm and open minded business people with lots of potential, I hope to start something in Nigeria in the near future.

suxes2005:

RSA and yoruba

so happy u guys are tracing ya routes and family.

Since d poster started dis and u guys are gaining
from dis thread, kindly help solve his probs.

Hows S.A presently, hope u guys are prepared to see the
world cup at the stadium?

SHALOM

I might even go to the opening ceremony of the Soccer City Stadium
But I'm sure the poster has a bit of guidance of what to do, and I'm glad to be help to him

Ho jwang ntate, nna ke lokile. Ke mosotho ntate hae bea bitsa Virginia(mind my sotho, I went to an Afrikaans high school).

Yea, well what a coincidence, it feels like some online family reunion or something lol. It feels good to get along with some brother of my kind in in the most unlikeliest of places. How you doin my brother and where do you reside?

bobolistic:

@ yoruba am still waiting for your responds.Thanks RSA 4ur responds

Sorry for the delay, I was quite busy at my office.

RSA:

I think he should try the mines in [b]Rustenburg(my birth town ),[/b]70% of the world platinium come from this town.So try this sites

www.implats.co.za

www.angloplatinum.com

This town is one of the safest and the fastest growing town in SA,soon it will be a city.I mean it could be a capital in other  neighbouring countries.And it is close to Sun City,Africas Las Vegas.And also it will host 2010 World cup this June.

@RSA, ever heard of a town called Virgina(next to Welkom in the Free State) thats the town were I was born and bred. They mined the gold that was used to manufactured the ring in the movie lord of the rings written by J.R Tolkien(Born in Bloemfontein)

bobolistic:

@ yoruba thank you somuch for the info.He is currently in nigeria please since you are there already can you advice him oh how he can get an entry visa to SA or do u know of any genuine travel agent in naija here that can help him cos he is afraid of falling into the hands of fraudsters.Please your advice will be highly appreciated.

Unfortunately I'm not much of a traveler, so in honest truth I don't know of any. But I recommend you to visit South Africa's department of home affairs website or seek advice at your local home affairs department in Nigeria.  

flysh:

@ yoruba he studied geology and mining but wouldn't mind doing any kind of job just to save up some cash.The truth is that he intends moving to SA work n save up some cash n then travel 4rm SA to Dublin or UK for his Masters degree.Please i need your advice n do u live in SA

The easiest city to start off in SA is Cape Town. You'll find there is a lot of Europeans around there but if you are interested making some pocket money, I recommend you work at some hotel or tourist lodge, you could earn up to 200$ per day just on tips. Then if you looking for a job related to your field, I recommend you look for some in-service training at the above mentioned companies, you could earn between 2000$ and 1000$ per month(which is quite good for a student), which is helpful if you are planning to further your studies.
But with regards to travel documentation, I suggest you seek advice at government institutions of both countries via websites etc

But I strictly recommend you to do some research before you move to any place in the world, especially in this current economic climate. I know some friends of mine that moved to Europe who are now struggling to find some job vacancies and there are a lot of people in different professions in Europe without jobs. Its so bad that I heard of a guy that used to work at a management position who is now selling ice cream to survive.
What ever you decide to do, do your research first.

flysh:

@ yoruba he studied geology and mining but wouldn't mind doing any kind of job just to save up some cash.The truth is that he intends moving to SA work n save up some cash n then travel 4rm SA to Dublin or UK for his Masters degree.Please i need your advice n do u live in SA

Hmmm, interesting. You find that South Africa has the biggest mining industry in the world, mining engineers and Geologists from UK and Ireland work in close relations with South Africa some of them has even down here. I'm an Architect living in Jo'burg and I've worked on projects for Angloplatinum, Holcium HC, BHP Billiton which are one of the biggest mining companies in the world. There are two cities that I recommend you do research on which are Rustenburg and Klerksdorp. They have the biggest platinum deposits and the fastest developing cities in South Africa, its growing so fast that I might even move to those cities. There is a major skills shortage for fields such as Geology and Mining related professions and the salary is excellent.

bobolistic:

@ yoruba,thank you for the info.Is there any possibility of getting a job in that area.

In which field?

But Port Elizabeth/East London is known for the motor industry(The biggest car manufacturers in Africa) other than those cities are a bit like Cape Town when it comes to salaries and lifestyle etc.
Try the internet, I'm sure you could find lots of job vacancies but if you state in what field it is I could probably help.(especially related to construction, I will give you advice)

bobolistic:

My cousin wants to relocate to south africa.He is a graduate and he intends to work and live there but he doesnt know the best location in SA where he can stay and that is safer.Please is south africa good as regards jobs and one surviving there and which city is safer and better to stay

The safest city in SA is Port Elizabeth, and it has one of the most friendliest people on earth.

nice-guy10:

Are you kiding me? That 95% of jo'burg cities are peaceful? Are you a South African?

I'm a South African myself(its the first time admitting it ) but I'll be honest; although I haven't been robbed or experienced a crime Joburg is about 50% safe and I live in Fourways. I can give a long list of places that are extremely violent and a list of places that are very safe. Jo'burg is a city full of contradictions, so much that hollywood script writer's finds that city amazing.

jupita:

i just got my study permit, am coming to cape town next week. any tips for me?

In honest truth, my personal experience of cape town is quite different from Johannesburg(that's where I reside). Cape Town is like a calm European city, in terms of environment and vibe so much you'll be surprised at the level of difference between Jo'burg and Cape Town, in fact people are even surprised that they are cities of one country. But overall I think Cape Town lifestyle is quite expensive(e.g. the price of bread is more expensive) and the quality of life is thus superb. The reason why people move to Jo'burg than Cape Town is because of money. You can earn a higher salary in Jo'burg than any other city in SA, that's why I think the level of crime in Jo'burg is high. Jo'burg is like the fast New York life style and Cape Town is like that Mediterranean city. The only tip I can give is that Cape Town is very expensive but overall you will enjoy it like millions of tourist that flock in every year. :

Mpele:

@bk baybe 99. Did U read what I wrote, or U're just running u're bad breathed mouth. I said some in Europe and America. Get u're facts straight. What does Lucky Dube have to do with this. Growing up surrounded by jujus and baboons in Nigeria have clearly affected u're reasoning capacity, if U have any by the way! Get a life U nasty piece of kak!!

Here we go again with the insults

bk_baybe99:

If u say yall got better infrastructure than places in europe, i'll assume u mean places like kosovo and Albania, so i'ma let u slide. But if u ever, ever, ever, compare ya'll infrastructure to anywhere in America I'll hope to God u mean South America and not the blessed continent of North America. Matter fact, if u mean North America, for your own good I hope I hope your mind aint crossing the Mexican border. If u as much as even dare compare your country to the mighty United States or its lil Binch ho, Canada, I will come ova to whereva u at and slap the hell out your Lucky Dube murdering azsss!!!!

Here we go again with the insults

Johannesburg:
Has the record for the biggest deposits of gold in the world, known as eGoli which means city of gold. It is the 18th largest city by land area and was known to be one of the fastest growing cities in the world. It has the biggest infrastructure in Africa, so big that it could host the African Nations Cup alone: Soccer city Stadium: 90 000 capacity; Ellis Park: 69 000 capacity; Orlando Stadium: 40 000 capacity; Rand Stadium: 35 000 capacity.
It has the biggest urban forest in the world, Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto is the biggest hospital in the Southern Hemisphere. The tallest building in Africa is in Johannesburg (Carlton centre)

South Africa:
1. The rand was the best performing currency against the US Dollar between 2002 and 2005
(Bloomberg Currency Scoreboard)
2. South Africa has 55,000 high net-wealth individuals holding at least US$1million in financial assets
(World Wealth Report 2008)
3. South Africa has the 27th biggest economy in the world, with a Gross Domestic Product of US$254 billion
(World Bank)
4. South Africa accounts for almost 25% of the GDP of the entire African continent.
(World Bank)
5. Gauteng is South Africa’s smallest province but produces 34% of South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product
(Stats SA)
6. The JSE Securities Exchange is the 14th largest equities exchange in the world, with a total market capitalisation of some R2.3 trillion
(JSE)
7. More than 12,000 'Black Diamond' families (South Africa’s new black middle class) - or 50,000 people - are moving from the townships into the suburbs of South Africa's metro areas every month
(UCT Unilever Institute)
8. The black middle class grew by 30% in 2005, adding another 421,000 black adults to SA's middle-income layer and ramping up the black population's share of SA's total middle class to almost a third. Between 2001 and 2004, there were 300,000 new black entrants to the middle class
(Financial Mail)
9. South Africa has the world’s largest deposits of gold, chromium, platinum and manganese. Has been the number 1 producer of gold since 1905 and has mined more than 60% of the earth's gold.

Finally NAIJA, Has the highest number of cars(close to the total of the continent),biggest  oil exporter,Lots of educated populatio,the biggest local trade with lots of it population being business men , every european country need to market in NAIJA, electricity is in a mess,Has the gighest urbanisation, guys have money to spend around,
we are the  highest in corruption in the continent(but this is because every eye is on us, there are other countries which are equally corrupt e.g Cameroon),

South Africa has biggest car production in all of Africa and the biggest production of right hand steering cars in the Southern Hemisphere.
70% of European investment coming in to Africa is invested in South Africa.
South Africa is the biggest investor to Africa(Including Naija)
Politically; All of Southern Africa region bows down to South Africa.

dschools:

I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA ESPECIALLY, OR ANYWHERE IN WESTERN EUROPE. IN SHORT I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY APART FROM NAIJA.

And that was your first comment on Nairaland.

Bongo_man:

Haiti and any disaster torn zone, working for humanity on no religious basis is and always been my wish.
So help me O' Lord.

Including Jos. God save the people.

@Poster
This is seriously funny, this should go to the jokes section. But thanks for updating us anyway lol