What Soccer Means to South Africa

What Soccer Means to South Africa
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Pride
For South Africa, the opportunity to host the World Cup is a huge game changer. "If we can deliver the World Cup," says Danny Jordaan, head of the country's organizing committee, "we will have finally dismissed the idea created by apartheid that there are greater and lesser human beings. We will be ready to take our place in the world."

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