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Welcome to the Awesome SA website! We have made it bright and interactive so that the voice of South Africans, positively influencing the future can be heard everywhere.

Thank you to all our fellow Awesome South Africans for the most amazing experience of the 2010 World Cup.  And now it’s all over – the expectation of the world and the anticipation of each and every South African. South Africa made headlines once again and it wasn’t only about the soccer – it was also amazement; it was praise; it was congratulations and it was celebrations. This World Cup reinforced the saying: We’ve done it before we can do it again. We may take the rollercoaster route and leave things to the 11th hour but wow ...when we get there, we sure make a statement.

From one proud South African to another, thank you for making this all possible.

So read the articles we’ve collected over the years, have a look at what our book has to offer and post a guest comment before you leave....and don’t forget to pass on the magic.

Waka waka eh eh. Feel it. It is here. The time has come but not ended.  It is just the beginning. 

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Equal Education - 24 Hour Fast for School Libraries

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hungerEqual Education will be holding a 24 hr Fast for School Libraries. We call on everyone not to eat anything from 18:00 pm on Thursday 29 July until 18:00 pm on Friday 30 July to show government that our children deserve a quality education which includes libraries with books and a librarian!

A National Policy on School Libraries must be finalised which forces schools in South Africa to build libraries, and provides funding and a timetable in order for this to happen.

Minimum norms and standards for all schools now! Policy must ensure that all current and future schools meet minimum physical norms which must include amongst other things flush toilets, desks and libraries with books and librarians.

 

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67 Minutes for Madiba – Nelson Mandela Day

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Sunday 18 July we celebrate Nelson Mandela International Day, and our beloved Tata Madiba celebrates his 92nd birthday.

The celebration of Mandela Day aims to serve as a global call to action for people around the world to recognise their individual power to make a difference and help change the world around them for the better

Nelson Mandela spent 67 years of his life making the world a better place.  The Nelson Mandela Day campaign asks each and every person, for only 67 minutes of that day, to do something good – for their family, for the community, for a friend or neighbour.

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Fly the Flag Friday – Keep the “gees” South Africa

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Fly the Flag Friday the new post-2010 World Cup jacket that Football Friday is wearing to keep South Africans focused on the positive.

According to Brand South Africa, the originators of the Fly the Flag Friday campaign, they will be encouraging South Africans to wear the colours of their flag, to keep flying the flag on their vehicles and at their homes and offices, and to embrace the spirit created during Africa's first, full-colour World Cup.

It is important for South Africans to remember that feeling of unity that we all felt during the run-up to the start of the 2010 World Cup. It is important for all South Africans never to foget the feeling of pride when an unprecedented crowd of hundreds of thousands of people in yellow jerseys, waving flags and blowing vuvuzelas lined the streets in Sandton to see Bafana Bafana before the tournament to wish them luck.

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South African Ubuntu and the 2010 World Cup

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Like most people, South Africans tend to use the word Ubuntu more than practice it. But something miraculous happened when the 2010 World Cup drew closer. South Africans became Ubuntu people.

People who are into colour therapy may say that all the colour from the flags and jerseys created a new and positive vibration in South Africa. Others may say that the yellow jerseys and flags made us all the same – removed any race, age or gender barriers and allowed South Africans to truly unite.

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