2006-08-20 21:19:38 · 12 answers · asked by ariel 2 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
I think it's the most beautiful country in the world. The people are warm and friendly. The culture is so magnetic and vibrant. The cities are alive with passion. It's hard not to want to be a part of it. The mountains and beaches play hosts to clear waters , warm sands and beautiful fauna and flora. It makes one want to praise God and thank Him for placing his hand on the country and blessing it with beauty.
I do believe it is a garden of opportunity. We need to nourish and water the potential. And as with gardens, there are some weeds that needs to be taken out by the roots. South Africa's weeds being crime and AIDS at this point. But I do believe that the people of the Rainbow Nation can do wonders. Just look at the struggles they've already endured. How they rose above it all and claimed their freedom!
I love this country so much it hurts when I speak of it, because I'm not there to be a part of it. I live in Korea and only go home once a year. But the one month I do get to go home refreshes me in such a way that the other 11 months fly by so quickly.
Porgie
2006-08-23 04:37:23 · answer #1 · answered by Porgie 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I know what South Africa is like because i live here! I've lived in South Africa my whole life so i KNOW what it is like.
South Africa is a wonderful country! There is so much talent and beauty in South Africa. We have wonderful & friendly people, the animals and wild life is amazing, the food is delicious, the weather is great (although now we are experiencing rain) and we have the best tourist attractions that are a not to miss!!
We do have a government who is completely oblivious to the crime taking place and they are not doing anything about it! If we can sort the crime rate out this country will be almost perfect!
Please dont believe that site that 'Dr Beetroot' gave you about South Africa. He insists on bring down South Africa and hates anybody or anything that concerns South Africa. That site he gave you is false and it comes from rotten.com!
Kim
2006-08-23 20:16:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I will admit that I am generally ignorant about South Africa. The perception that had developed based on what little news I have read about the nation is that it is a racially divided country with a crime problem and many people infected with HIV and AIDS.
2006-08-21 02:32:29 · answer #3 · answered by Exploradora 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi, im an 'ordinary south african', lived there all my life and i love it!!! there is so much to offer, beautiful people and cultures and so much potential. that crime expose site is horrible and insensitive, and only adds further problems to our country by aiming to drive investors away and painting it in a bad light - but that is not what 'ordinary south africans' want the world to know... we want to let people know about all the wonderful things our country does have to offer and that we would like to see things get better (because issues such as crime and HIV/AIDS to exist) but there are better ways to work towards a better future. unfortunately Dr. Beetroot/Keech (whatever he is going by today) is not an 'ordinary south african' but he still feels fit to join the effort of trying to ruin our country's image. but hey, no worries, we know what its really like and if you know if, you cant help loving the place.
2006-08-23 05:35:18 · answer #4 · answered by savan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Beautiful.
Dangerous animals. Nice ones too.
Friendly people. Developed with plenty of white folks as well as blacks.
Relatively high crime.
2006-08-20 21:27:44 · answer #5 · answered by Ilooklikemyavatar..exactly 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i luv south africa!!!! especially cape town it's so beautiful!!!! btw da only place i've seen wild animals was on da mountain and even then da only dangerous 1 i saw was a baboon and then it attacked me and my class and took our lunch!!!!!! wild animals dont roam around freely anymore s.a is just like any other country and hardly any 1 lives in mud huts in fact i've neva seen a mud hut except in pictures and i live in S.A so ya!!!!!
2006-08-21 04:16:52 · answer #6 · answered by <3Portugal Lover<3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is indeed a beautiful Country that has been allowed to fall into disarray. Life is tough there with high unemployment. an AIDS pandemic and a vicious crime wave. Visit www.crimexposouthafrica.org where you can read the views of ordinary South Africans on what they are exposed to on a daily basis.
2006-08-23 04:47:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
not all persons imagine of so. yet one former member in this talk board (oddly calling himself Zim..$) prompt united states narrative even as he met a professor from one college in a plane from Minneapolis to Washington. The professor prompt him that he visited South Africa for the first time in 2004. The Prof stated he had to go back to SA to accompany her daughter (20 12 months previous) as he grew to develop into into afraid that lions, hippos etc might want to eat her. He grew to develop into into pleasantly a great deal shocked. He grew to develop into into planning to steer sparkling of to decrease back very immediately and grew to develop into into telling his colleagues of what he said. It grew to develop into into in reality after his bypass to that he began to steer sparkling of to web content about SA. that announces all of it. isn't it?
2016-11-05 06:59:36 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they wont make it past the group stages if they are put in group like the last world cup they attended
2006-08-24 07:16:31 · answer #9 · answered by dannygwenz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The divide between whites and blacks is huge
Very expensive
Unsafe at nights
Good wildlife.
These four statements sum it up...
2006-08-20 21:25:59 · answer #10 · answered by Wrobinhood 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋