Soweto and Bulls love each other, but logistics bode ill for world cup

More than a few whities got a tour of a township for the first time in their lives on Saturday, 22 May 2010, and South Africa is perhaps just a little more united than it was before that. But God help us if we don't figure out how to get crowds to and from stadiums within the next couple of days.

By Phillip de Wet

24 May 2010

Soweto and Bulls love each other, but logistics bode ill for world cup

It was a landmark occasion. Several thousand Blue Bulls supporters trekked to Soweto to watch their team demolish the Crusaders, which they did in an emphatic way, 39:24. That put them in high enough spirits that, after the game, the jokes about crime were somewhat less derogatory.

"Everyone take off your watches and put them in your back pockets," a wag called out as the park-and-ride bus first entered Soweto, on its way to Orlando Stadium. But even that guy was impressed by the warm welcome the almost entirely white visitors, almost all of them from Pretoria, received. Locals cheered and waved as busses went past; some had even procured Bulls flags to wave.

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Phillip de Wet is deputy editor of The Daily Maverick (www.dailymaverick.co.za), with extensive experience in the fields of technology, business and media, plus occasional forays into politics, property and general interest news. Follow him on Twitter at @phillipdewet.