Why the vuvuzela should be banned (in stadiums, anyway)

Is the vuvuzela about to be banned? One can only hope so. The ubiquitous plastic horns have been the soundtrack to this World Cup, drowning out every other attempt at singing, chanting and music.

(Photo: Hussein Malla/AP)

Nigeria has a fantastic brass band. The only reason I know they were at Ellis Park on Saturday was because I saw them with my own eyes. Couldn’t hear them, though. The English have a brass band too. While their insistence on endlessly playing the Great Escape and our terrible national anthem doesn’t normally win them too many friends, it would have been nice to occasionally be able to hear them in Rustenburg.

The World Cup should be a celebration of difference. A time when we get a glimpse of countries and cultures we know little about. And if Bafana fans stop blowing their vuvuzelas perhaps they’ll be able to give us a few renditions of the incredibly moving ‘Shosholoza’ instead.

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5 Comments to “Why the vuvuzela should be banned (in stadiums, anyway)”

  1. By Luca, June 14, 2010 @ 8:56 am

    At last somebody has said what i have been thinking for the last three days. I thought it was just me getting old! The Vuvuzela’s are over the top. It’s like having a giant mosquito buzzing around inside your head. I wouldn’t mind if it was intermittently, maybe after a goal or as long as it takes to have a mexican wave but to have it constantly is way too much. When a team score you hear no change in the sound from the crowd, just the same old giant mossie, buzzing round your head.

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  4. By Randa Clam, June 23, 2010 @ 12:03 am

    I do tend to go for the underdogs in sport….but man Argentina just look like they are going to command the world cup….Messi is just absolutly Wonderful….And there is not a doubt in my mind that he is the best player in the world….

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