*BAFANA BAFANA – DO IT FOR HARRY GWALA!* *21 June 2010*
The *NATIONAL UNION OF METALWORKERS OF SOUTH AFRICA* (Numsa) calls on Bafana Bafana to hoist the South African flag high in their World Cup match against France tomorrow, 22 June 2010. This World Cup has provided Bafana Bafana and the football fraternity a rare and major opportunity to contribute to uniting our nation and much needed nation-building in the midst of demagogue, prato-fascism and racist rhetoric by some of our leaders. Sport, particularly soccer as a working class sport in our country continues to play a major role in breaking down racial and cultural barriers, and the World Cup has offered our country an opportunity to dismiss demagogue and bigotry. The international football fraternity and FIFA in particular were central in the liberation struggle of the oppressed majority by isolating apartheid and fascist South Africa from global football competitions in solidarity with our people’s struggle for freedom and liberation. The 2010 World Cup is a continuation of that well-founded relationship FIFA has with our country and its people as we move forward in building a better and just South Africa and world order. We call on Bafana Bafana to apply the militancy and radicalism of Cde Harry Munt’omdala Gwala on the field of play by performing well and doing the country proud. The opportunities Bafana has of playing international competitions are the direct result of the sacrifices and struggles waged by Gwala’s generation. Therefore, Bafana owes Gwala’s generation and the youth of our country a well deserved performance and victory as part of unleashing our power and influence in advancing the country’s major goals. We call on all South Africans, especially the workers and the youth, to rally behind Bafana in their quest to make South Africa and the continent proud. Contact: *Castro Ngobese* *National Spokesperson – 073 299 1595* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NUMSA Media Releases" group. For archive, pages and files, visit this group at http://groups-beta.google.com/group/numsa-media-releases To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] NUMSA's main web site is at http://www.numsa.org.za/ -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
