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MONDIAL2010 - Freddie Saddam Maake claimed authorship of the odious trumpet ...
From our special correspondent in Johannesburg
These days, it is the most hated man in the world, but perhaps the most unlucky. While hundreds of thousands of daily vuvuzela sell like hotcakes in South Africa and around the world , Freddie Saddam Maake swear to high heaven that he is the inventor of the object so discredited . It would have tampered with a car horn in the mid 70s (photo required) and have improved his weapon of mass destruction in the eardrum. Except he never thought to file a patent , and that the benefits do not go into his pocket . Or almost none.
" For 1000 rand , we can come to an agreement "
Today, he lives in Tembisa, A township of one million inhabitants, an hour north of Johannesburg , where where North Korea is training. And if it is not a millionaire, he expects to catch up . We got his phone number , and tried to arrange an appointment. "Come to me , I 'll tell you the whole story , " he promised . Except that is not free. " We can reach agreement for 1000 rand ( 100 euros ), "said the old man of 55 years . And yes, he has missed the train to the capital , Saddam Maake Freddie still hopes to hop onto . He has even developed a real business , as journalists , assembled from around the world (Brazil , Poland and Belgium on Thursday, France on Friday ) , all agreed to put the butter in the spinach that bear Bafana Bafana and Kaizer Chiefs.
A margin of 4.40 euros
Trifles , anyway , compared to that daily picks Neil Van Schalkwyk a contractor that Cape Express . en met. Sensing the trend coming , he patented the vuvuzela plastic. Cost of manufacture? Only 60 cents . Average selling price for all the red lights of Johannesburg? Five euros. Unable to make the accounts now. But when you see the tide vuvuzela who invested this world , it is likely that Van Schalkwyk will pay a little more in taxes than Freddie Saddam Maake .
dans son vuvuzela M.Hutchings / REUTERS
MONDIAL2010 - Freddie Saddam Maake revendique la paternité de l'odieuse trompette...
De notre envoyé spécial à Johannesburg,
Ces temps-ci, c’est l’homme le plus détesté du monde, mais peut-être aussi le plus malchanceux. Alors que des centaines de milliers de vuvuzelas se vendent chaque jour comme des petits pains, en Afrique du Sud et partout dans le monde, Freddie Saddam Maake jure ses grands dieux que c’est lui l’inventeur de cet objet si décrié. Il aurait trafiqué un klaxon de voiture au milieu des années 70 (photo à l’appui), puis aurait perfectionné son arme de destruction massive des tympans.
The vuvuzela can she go deaf ?
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Since the beginning of the World Cup 2010 June 9 last, the " vuvuzela " ( pronounced vou -vou -ze -la ) , the horn used by the South African fans , is the nightmare of all players , commentators , journalists, spectators and viewers. In fact, the players no longer get them, or even the referee or the recommendations of their coaches. Even supporters of the songs are completely stifled by the loud and continuous humming . From there to explain the lack of commitment and good football so far , there is only one step it seems still difficult to cross.
As against their indiscriminate use can it affect our hearing? This is the question that the institute " Hear The World " , the company specializes in Phonak hearing aids, has tried to answer .
By testing the volume of a vuvuzela in a room soundproofed , the institute has shown that the volume reached totaled $ 123.4 decibels . It is more than a pneumatic drill to within 5 meters of the ears (120 decibels) or a concert hall where the regulations require not exceed 105 db!
Phonak recalls that " prolonged exposure to noise of 85 dB can cause hearing loss . Worse, more than 100 db, the hearing damage can occur in just 15 minutes. Thus , exposure to such a volume for an entire football game becomes very risky.
The risk for hearing raised by the use of vuvuzela already shaken the organization and Fifa for several months. However loud the trumpet is a tradition in South Africa , is steeped in the heart of a nation. Rather than an outright ban , the organization has decided to distribute free earplugs at the entrance of the stadium (even if they are now almost unobtainable in the country) and for the development of vuvuzela " light " at any volume .
You imagine the worst supporters FIFA ban the use of this instrument , which might cause an outcry , so that the body is already challenged to manage its financial impact of the event . This is all that Vuvuzela had already sounded at the 2009 Confederations Cup in South Africa , without being seen , so banning them ... :
Frederick Tronel
Source : " The vuvuzela , star of the FIFA World Cup, is harmful to our hearing , " Press Release of Hear the World , Paris , June 14, 2010
Sauf qu’il n’a jamais pensé à déposer un brevet, et que les bénéfices ne vont pas dans sa poche. Ou presque pas.
«Pour 1000 rands, on peut tomber d’accord»
Aujourd’hui, il habite à Tembisa,
Tembisa is a large township situated to the north of Kempton Park on the East Rand, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1957 when Africans were resettled from Alexandra and other areas in Edenvale, Kempton Park, Midrand and Germiston. Tembisa is also the largest city in South Africa whos name is not of Afrikaans or English origin.
Etymology [edit]
The name Temisa comes from the Zulu word "Thembisa" meaning "There is Hope". It came about when black settlers of Johannesburg were being evicted. When the township was created it was a beacon of hope for those who were suddenly homeless.
History [edit]
The township was founded in 1957. After the Afrikaner-dominated National Party gained power in 1948 and began to implement apartheid, the pace of forced removals and the creation of townships outside legally-designated white areas. The Johannesburg council established new townships for black Africans evicted from the city's freehold areas.
In 1956 townships were laid out for particular ethnic groups as part of the state's strategy to sift black Africans into groupings that would later form the building blocks of the so-called "independent homelands.
un township d’un million d’habitants, à une heure au nord de Johannesburg, là où s'entraine la Corée du Nord. Et s’il n’est pas millionnaire, il compte bien se rattraper. On a récupéré son numéro de téléphone, et tenté de convenir d’un rendez-vous. «Venez chez moi, je vous raconterai toute l’histoire», a-t-il promis. Sauf que ce n’est pas gratuit. «On peut tomber d’accord pour 1000 rands (100 euros)», explique le bonhomme de 55 ans. Et oui: s’il a loupé le train de la fortune, Freddie Saddam Maake espère toujours monter en marche. Il a même développé un vrai business, puisque les journalistes, accourus de toute la planète (Brésil, Pologne et Belgique jeudi, France vendredi), sont tous d’accord pour mettre du beurre dans les épinards de ce supporter des Bafana Bafana et des Kaizer Chiefs.
Une marge de 4,40 euros
Des broutilles, tout de même, comparé à ce que ramasse chaque jour Neil Van Schalkwyk, un entrepreneur du Cap que L’Express.fr a rencontré. Sentant venir la tendance, il a breveté les vuvuzelas en plastique. Coût de fabrication? Seulement 60 centimes d’euros. Prix de vente moyen à tous les feux rouges de Johannesburg? Cinq euros. Impossible de faire les comptes maintenant. Mais quand on voit la marée de vuvuzelas qui a investi ce mondial, il est fort probable que Van Schalkwyk paiera un peu plus d’impôts que Freddie Saddam Maake.
The vuvuzela , an object and non-traditional marketing
On behalf of South African folklore , it buzzes in our ears for four days. The worst thing is that this practice has little history . It seems to be the invention of a man , then recovered by an opportunistic company .
Francois - Xavier Fauvelle - Aymar 'm a specialist recognized the history of South Africa , on vuvuzelaIt dries. " I do not know where does this stuff. It seems to be an instrument rather recent . What is certain is that there is not , in the tradition of South African wind instruments . " And the director of research at CNRS advise us to turn to a " ethnomusicologist " to get a response. It's done a few minutes later. The ethnomusicologist contacted , not much more aware , we refer to him as to Wikipedia page the vuvuzela . The instrument is known experts in South Africa.
Encyclopedia informs us that the collective object was popularized in the stadiums during the 90s . According to some South African sitesIt would be the descendant of kudu horn ( a species of antelope) , in which an ingenious instrumentalists Africans have had the idea of breathe. So much for the historical origins , as some try to perpetuate the kuduzela. There are even Orchestras.
The invention of vuvuzela stadium itself is claimed by a supporter of South Africa 53 years, Freddie " Saddam Maake , the New Zealand newspaper Mail & Guardian found .
The man claims to have conceived the instrument in the mid 60s , from an old bicycle frame made of aluminum. He has several pictures of him blowing the pipe inside the stadiums, in the 70s and 80s. It is so - heyday - the only one to use the device . The object is so unusual that the South African authorities on banish forums . It must be said that Saddam has sometimes a bad habit of using it to strike the opponent's supporters.
By 1989 , after the ban , he met an industrialist , who helps make a vuvuzela plastic . Sniffing the right shot , Saddam is his invention of marketers and out a compilation of 10 songs , Vuvuzela Cellular ( not listed on Deezer) built around the awful trumpet . The instrument became popular . And stirs desire. Saddam accuses Neil van Schalkwyk, leader of the company Masincedane Sport, based in Cape Town , have piqued the idea and the business recovered in 2001 and filed the mark vuvuzela 2004. What it defends itself , arguing that no agreement providing royalties Saddam has been signed. In any case, the box prosperous . It provides a turnover of 2 million euros during the World Cup alone . And promised to market a less noisy in the coming days.
Meanwhile , to feed his nine children , Saddam , according to Mail & Guardian, sells CDs in the stands during matches .
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