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Made in China

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Made in China

By
Sean Jacobs

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The football will be great, we’ll talk tactics and football history all month long, make silly predictions on who’ll win the cup, and the fans will have a good time (though most won’t be able to afford the tickets), but many South Africans know that the benefits from the World Cup to the average South African–the average black South African really–will be very minimal.

Report from France24. Watch my man Tony Ehrenreich of trade union federation, COSATU, set the record straight on FIFA’s tactics.

Via OnAfrica

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