23 June,2010 07:30 AM IST | | Carlos Monterio
Vuvuzelas are all over South Africa. You walk through shopping malls, stop at pubs, and you cannot escape the constant blaring of the plastic trumpets with no tune.
Now a renowned car manufacturer has come up with a publicity gimmick by attempting to unveil a 37-metre-long vuvuzela, believed to be the world's biggest trumpet.
It sitsu00a0 on an unfinished flyover close to Capetown's Waterfront shopping area, waiting to be powered up by a giant truck. But local authorities are not impressed as they fear a traffic chaos ensuing from the monster blast.
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"Hopefully, we are going to come to a compromise where we can blow it at special occasions, the final, the semi-finals and perhaps the quarter-finals," a spokesman of the car manufacturer said.
'South American qualifiers are toughest'
Five South American teams look to be heading to the Round of 16 at World Cup 2010.
Uruguay cruised into the second round yesterday while Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Chile have chalked up an unbeaten run so far. Argentina's manager Diego Maradona attributed this to tough qualifying. "The qualifying round in South America is quite competitive," Maradona said.
"Europe has tough qualifying but you can also end up playing the Faroe Islands. South America has teams that are fit for a World Cup."
