Friends who arrived for a visit during the latter stages of Saturday’s rugby quarter final tell us Johannesburg was deserted. Despite, or perhaps because of meddling by politicians, the nation has taken this Springbok rugby team into their hearts.
A sea of green at home and within the SA colony of South West London will surely lift Heyneke Meyer’s charges once more ahead of the supreme effort needed at Twickenham on Saturday. Who knows, perhaps a victory over the ultimate enemy is pre-ordained? As it was in 1995.
Winning the World Cup would reinforce a new trend. After a torrid time, there are signs things are turning for the better. Eskom has avoided load shedding for two months and in just over two years, unpopular President Jacob Zuma will be gone after last week promising to respect the Constitution and leave office “even if they beg me to stay.”
Also, in all the noise you may have missed the WEF’s recently released 2015 Global Competitiveness Report in which the country reversed a sliding trend to achieve its best position since 2009, 49th of 140. Like the Springboks, SA itself could be lifting off rock bottom. Let the momentum continue.
