The Washington Post drags Jacob Zuma into the preparations for the 2010 World Cup:
As South Africa weathers its most turbulent political period since the end of apartheid, the nation’s most-watched leaders — ousted president, caretaker president and probable president-to-be — have been rushing to reassure the public that all is definitely well.
The economy is on track, they say. Democracy is safe, they vow.
And so, they stress, is soccer.