Election Update

It looks like Jacob Zuma is going to be elected President. They are projecting him to win by a two/thirds vote. Not everyone is happy by this potential outcome

"I don't believe the Zuma charges should have been dropped. He should've been tried for what he did," said one local.

According to another source, the reason why the ANC has such a majority of black votes is because they threaten the people if they don't vote ANC.

The day to vote is April 22nd, which is coming up in about a week.

Crime in South Africa

Crime in South Africa has been increasingly a problem. Within a year (spring of 2006 to spring of 2007) there were almost 20,000 murders reported. South Africa is rated the 6th highest country for crime just falling behind Columbia.

Lucky Dube has been on everyone's mind this week after the men who killed him were found guilty on Tuesday. Dube, who was a famous Reggae artist, had been killed during a carjacking in the fall of 2007. Dube is survived by his wife and seven children. His music tried to inspire horrible effects of crime and what others could do to prevent it.

So I post this video to honor the talented artist.

Video about the president

Video: Zuma's campaign

Election 2009

(Mbeki left, Zuma right)


When the next president is elected by the National Assembly, it will be a five year term served. The election is between current President Thabo Mbeki and ex-Vice-President Jacob Zuma. The African National Congress president Zuma is probably going to be re-elected. He has had some legal troubles with fraud that was supposed to go to trial, but because of the elections they have moved the trial to August.

If President Mbeki is elected it will be for his third term and therefore won't be allowed to be the actual president. He will be able to appoint someone else, which won't be ex-VP Zuma.

The elections will be held April 22nd. This is the first time in over a decade that the election is free.

World Cup 2010

World Cup 2010

It's an exciting time for Cape Town, South Africa. Summer 2010 may be over a year away, but for them, its approaching quickly. They are looking to honor the most popular footballer David Beckham. The ceremony is to honor Beckham's outstanding career. The president of South Africa is in communication with the chief executive of the world cup organization about this ceremony.

The FIFA Confederate Cup is June 14th-28 2009 in South Africa and is a good test run for the organizations involved in World Cup 2010.

TIckets are in demand and already 140 countries are in the purchasing madness since tickets went on sale in February.

If you plan on attending World Cup 2010, you might want to get going on your tickets.