Netflix To Feature South Africa Prominently in Corruption Documentary 'FIFA Uncovered'

• South African Netflix watchers are in for an uncomfortable time when the web television company releases an explosive documentary
• FIFA Uncovered will be released on 9 November, detailing corrupt activities of the world football's governing body
• The country will not be cast in flattering light, considering the ugly details about the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cup bids

Local Netflix subscribers are in for unpleasant viewing starting next month.

The web television company is set to release FIFA Uncovered, which will detail the dodgy activities that have taken place within world football's governing body for what feels like forever.

According to TimesLIVE, South Africa will feature prominently in this documentary, particularly surrounding the events of the unsuccessful 2006 and the successful 2010 FIFA World Cup bids.

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A Netflix tweet, accompanied by the documentary's trailer, read:

“For decades, FIFA united the globe through football. But behind the game, craftier schemes were at play. This documentary series traces the organisation's legacy, exploring the pageantry, power struggles and politics of hosting the World Cup."

Sport24 reported how the German Football Association had allegedly bought votes to ensure that Germany won the right to host the global showpiece event in 2006.

EWN then reported how the United States Department of Justice implicated South African officials in a bribery conspiracy, which resulted in the country being awarded the rights of hosting it in 2010.

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The 6th of July will live on long in the memory of those in the South African football fraternity who remember what transpired on this day.

It is a day when the country suffered a wounding loss in the boardroom. Sport Brief relived how former FIFA president Sepp Blatter opened an envelope in Zurich to announce that Germany had edged South Africa by 12 votes to 11 for the rights to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Controversially, New Zealander Charles Dempsey, who was head of football in Oceania and was expected to vote for South Africa, mysteriously pulled out of the voting. Allegations of bribery then arose which reverberate to this day.