Can South Africa reclaim its vuvuzela rights?
The sound of the vuvuzela, which has been unfavourably compared by some critics with a swarm of angry bees, has become a defining feature of the 2010 Fifa World Cup. Yet the distinctive drone also has its fans, evident from the fact that it has become the most downloaded free iPhone app in South Africa and Europe.
But the really big story to emerge in the past few days concerns the fact that 90% of the vuvuzelas sold in South Africa are being produced in China. According to latest reports, demand is greatly outstripping supply. One Chinese company, the Guangda Toy Factory, in the Zhejiang province, claims it has already despatched 1m instruments in the first four months of this year to South Africa.… Seguir leyendo »