What happens on July 12th? It’s a question that’s been asked from the moment South Africa was awarded the World Cup. Once it’s all over, what will happen to the stadiums? What will happen to the economy? There’s another question that hasn’t been asked quite so much, yet for football fans, it’s rather important: what [...]
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With one lash of his left foot, Siphiwe Tshabala set this World Cup alight. His 55th minute strike, which gave South Africa the lead against Mexico, was all the more surprising because the hosts had done little until then to excite the vuvuzela-blowing 85,000-strong crowd. It may have ended in a draw but South Africa [...]
Not all South Africans have been supportive of the decision to grant their country the right to host next month’s World Cup. This advert for FNB, a major South African bank, aired in 2006. The fiercest criticism has come from white South Africans, something this advert directly addresses. Note how the white critic says “they” [...]
The World Cup will not just showcase South Africa, it also has the potential to reshape many people’s view of the continent as a whole. Most news stories that come out of Africa are negative: wars and humanitarian crises, despots and rebel leaders. From Darfur to Zimbabwe and Somalia to Guinea, when Africa makes the [...]
The new Fifa World Rankings are out and they don’t make pretty reading for South Africa. Bafana Bafana are ranked 88th, having fallen seven places following this month’s 1-1 draw with Namibia (a team with a school teacher at left back). No host nation has ever failed to reach the second round but South Africa [...]
I rather like these South African adverts for BP, inspired by the best football comedy sketch ever (not that the list is that long): Monty Python’s version of Greece versus Germany “There’s the Ubuntu strategy” “Some direction there from the car guards” “Stopping in the middle of nowhere again. That’s got to be a penalty” [...]
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