Woke up in Limpopo early to make it back to Joburg in time for USA-Slovenia at 4pm at Ellis Park. David’s gone to the Greeks so Sergio and I take the people’s taxi to the park-and-ride facility at Wits University. Everything is well organized and relaxed. Parking lot is nice and full at 2:15. 20-something […]
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Worldview: SA 2010 (radio)
Did an interview on the ‘Worldview’ program of Chicago Public Radio station WBEZ. Interviewers Euan Hauge and Dan Shalin asked me what’s happening in SA at the moment? What are people talking about? Is the 2010 World Cup a case of the rich getting richer? What about forced removals disguised as urban renewal and the […]
I passed by a bank in Cape Town late this morning. Folks had been lining up for their last crack at tickets since dawn. But apparently the system at this particular branch was misbehaving, and some folks, though patient, remained ticketless, and were not amused. It’s impossible to know the scope of South Africa’s ticket […]
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Storms and that “Carbunkle” in the Room
There was a storm in Cape Town last night. I now know why they call the local Rugby team, the Stormers. The lashing rain and wind forced me to have a quiet night in with the telly. I had not switched on that “carbunkle” in the room since arriving in Cape Town, but I enjoyed […]
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New Book: African Soccerscapes
Released ahead of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, my new book African Soccerscapes tells the little-known story of football in Africa. Published by Ohio University Press in North America and Hurst & Co. in Europe and Africa, the book is both a history and an examination of the connections between sport and society. […]
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Vuvuzela 1 PSL 0
A family night out with 6,000 friends. Maritzburg United vs Amazulu: KwaZulu-Natal derby in the round of 32 of the Nedbank Cup, South Africa’s FA Cup. At kickoff, deafening kwaito music gives way to a cacophony of vuvuzelas. Not exactly kid friendly, but there it is. The relaxed mood of this Saturday night crowd, a […]
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World Cup ticket mess
600 FNB branches in South Africa failed soccer fans today. I waited at my branch for hours with students, cops, lecturers, government employees, farmers, housewives and South Africans from other walks of life only to be told that ‘the system was down’. We waited with Job-like patience, hoping against hope that we could buy a […]