“AS THE race debate rages on throughout SA and political parties use race as a sledge hammer to divide constituencies, it is worthwhile casting our gaze back to a previous Soccer World Cup host country that was equally divided along racial fault lines, but emerged united from hosting the Fifa World Cup. Prior to the 1998 Fifa World Cup, the host nation France was riddled with xenophobia and labelled ‘the most racially troubled country in Europe’”. (Business Day)