What about 2010?

In two years time South Africa will be hosting the second biggest sports tournament in the world. The soccer world cup scheduled for 2010, will do SA some good, more so in terms of international recognition and putting our continent on the map. One particular concern however in the seven year power crisis predicted by main power supplier Eskom.

They have predicted that due to the large demand of power, South Africa will have to endure hectic load-shedding over the next seven years as they attempt to distribute power accordingly. Dispite some of the incoviniences that this has caused for businesses across the nation, my biggets concern is how these power-cuts will affect the soccer tournament loaming around the coner.

It is common discourse that as the host, South Africa will have to live up to standards set by previous hosting countries such as Germany, who handled the event like pro’s. The country will not only accomodate the event itself, but the thousands of soccer fans. Media from around the world will be covering the event, and internationally suitable standards will have to be met.

There is no doubt that some matches will take place at night. nothing has been said about how the government will work around the issue. This is quite unnerving as it will only be two years into the foreseen crisis.

The question to ask is: Why Eskom and local government waited so long to do something about the issue? Surely! Surely! They must have known about it way before it came to cruch time? Why wait untill the continent’s most prestigious tournament to tackle it? It will however be interesting to see how Heads of State handle the situation…  

For a better understanding of issues around the power crisis read this Article

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