The introduction made me so emotional. It replayed the past and predicted the future that I am yet to live.
Please find time and watch the whole episode by clicking the link below:
https://t.co/qyf52KaRLu
A FIFA World Cup host country must guarantee two fundamental principles: the safety of the country — and the unrestricted entry of all qualified teams, officials and referees. The case of referee Omar Artan from Somalia is against one of these obligations. FIFA must never compromise the universality of football. #Fifa #Somalia #GianniInfantino #CAF #OmarAtan #DonaldTrump
The pain our people feel and the conditions they are forced to live in while they watch a minority live obsurd opulence is what we need to attend too. White people in SA continue to live like kings while we live like paupers. Can we attend to that rather!
No African is illegal in Africa. If you believe that an African can be illegal in Africa then you are not a revolutionary. We must reject the notion of an illegal foreigner. Africans can be undocumented but they cannot be illegal.
It doesn't matter what you say!
We won't leave the EFF!
You can do all what you want & control all the media spaces in the World.
You can run every narrative & all propaganda you see fit.
You can march all the days of your life...WE JUST WON'T LEAVE THE EFF!
@EFFSouthAfrica
Qatar has held a World Cup where everyone who could afford to attend attended, wait till it's the USA hosting and they will have visa restrictions even on the players themselves 😂.
Qatar has held a World Cup where everyone who could afford to attend attended, wait till it's the USA hosting and they will have visa restrictions even on the players themselves 😂.
In 2022, FIFA banned Russia from the World Cup. No appeal. No negotiation. Russia invaded Ukraine — and the punishment was immediate and total. Banned from international football. Removed from competitions. Frozen out completely.
The world applauded. Rules are rules. Aggression has consequences. Sport cannot be separated from human rights. That was the message. Loud and clear.
Now fast forward to 2026.
The United States — a nation currently funding and arming military operations that have killed tens of thousands of civilians — is not just participating in the World Cup. They are HOSTING it. On their soil. With their flag at the front. Selling tickets. Running security. Controlling who gets in and who doesn't.
A Somali referee was denied entry. Iranian fans locked out. Visitors are treated like criminals at the gate. And FIFA has said absolutely nothing.
So the question the whole world is asking — and nobody in power wants to answer — is simple:
What is the difference between Russia in 2022 and America in 2026?
Because from where we are standing — the only difference is which flag is flying. Russia was punished because the West demanded it. America is protected because the West IS it. One set of rules for the powerful. Another set for everyone else.
This is the most controversial World Cup in history. And it hasn't even started.
In my personal opinion — history will not be kind to FIFA for this. You cannot ban one nation for aggression and hand the microphone to another. You cannot preach inclusion and deny referees entry. You cannot call it the world's game and then sort people by passport at the door.
The standard you walk past is the standard you accept.
We are very humbled by the trust that the people of Ward 11 have in us.
It humbling to realise that the little efforts we make to better the lives of our people do not go unnoticed.
Today we have been renominated to represent the organisation in the poles going to the LGEs.🙏