All posts tagged SA soccer
Adam Wakefield
Upon surfing the net this afternoon, I see that Safa are headed in the direction of a name change, among other things, for Bafana Bafana. Well, it's about damn time isn't it? Safa, which is the one sports body in South Africa that will always b...
Adam Wakefield
Ke nako! It is time! That's right soccer fans, 2010 has arrived and the country is being revved up for the biggest month long party we have seen since the 2003 cricket and 1995 rugby World Cups. Much has been made of SA's ability (with many of tho...
Adam Wakefield
I usually reserve my judgements about Safa and SA football around the braai, or in a pub, since I don't claim to know everything about football in this country. I can tell you that it is the country's most popular sport, and with SuperSport hopping o...
Setumo Stone
So, word on the street is that the Europeans want the vuvuzelas to be banned from the Fifa Confederations Cup and 2010 World Cup. So what? Even the "Europeans" in Cape Province have previously alluded to the fear of black people blowing the horn in G...
Setumo Stone
Fifty-three fouls ... 12 yellow cards ... two red cards ... this is not football, it’s war! Human beings are by nature generally known to be resistant to change. Who would have known (10 years ago) that by now homosexuality would be legislated a...
Setumo Stone
I’m reminded of a once popular song by a South African kwaito artist, Senyaka, which asked the question: “Romeo, o swa jang o nkolota?” (Romeo, why do you die when you still owe me?). Before proceeding, it might be necessary to pay my condo...
Setumo Stone
I wanted to bemoan Bafana Bafana’s beating this past weekend, worst of all to a small fish like Sierra Leone. But I couldn’t! In fact, I found myself calmly and rationally appreciating the reality of our current situation. Incidentally, the s...
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