The latest article I read for my blog came from The Huffington Post. The article was entitled The Biggest Winner of the World Cup: South Africa. This article talks about how successful the World Cup event was in South Africa and also how they should be given a lot of credit for this success. The article states how difficult it is to maintain safety with such a large event, especially for a place like South Africa which already faces many internal problems without hosting such a large event. Finally, towards the end of the article they discuss how other countries have not had nearly as much of a success in hosting these large events. In the final paragraph, the person who wrote this article, Howard Steven Friedman, says that he hopes "that South Africa will continue to improve its security, its economy, and the quality of life of its people, while reaping the economic benefits of the tourism it has duly earned."I chose to reflect on this article for a variety of reasons. One reason is because I really liked that this was an article that had something positive to say about Africa and those who live there. I feel like every article I have read about Africa always is discussing something negative. I am so glad that someone took the time to show appreciation for the good job South Africa did in hosting this event.
I also chose to blog about this article because it really ties in with what we are learning about in class. The article talks about how South Africa went through the apartheid only 15 years ago, which is something we just talked about in class this past week. The writer of the article mentions this in order to show just how far Africa has come. The article also mentions that Africa is always associated with HIV/AIDS, something else we are discussing in class. When he mentions HIV/AIDS, he is just using this in order to describe how South Africa had such a great success with the World Cup, even though they have to deal with so many issues within their own country.
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