African football has lost a giant. Reggie Shelembe (1960-2010), former player for African Wanderers, Durban Bush Bucks and AmaZulu and coach of Maritzburg City, has passed away from cancer. My heartfelt condolences to his family. I got to know Reggie at the Izichwe development program where he coached young boys and my daughter. Reggie was […]
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Race, Class and SA Football
‘Talking Football’ by Thabo Dladla (Echo, 5 August 2010) The euphoria and excitement that grew around football during the recent World Cup are not likely to boost the beautiful game in South Africa. If our attitudes do not change towards this predominantly black sport, it will remain a stepchild of South African sport for many […]
National football styles are intertwined with a country’s history and culture. Can Pitso Mosimane, Bafana Bafana’s new homegrown coach, develop a common ‘South African’ playing style? If the former SuperSport coach and Bafana assistant succeeds, he will have done better than his Brazilian, Romanian, English, Portuguese, and French predecessors. ‘South African football is a sort […]
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After the World Cup: Football Again!
The 2010 World Cup in Disney-like FIFAland ended only seven days ago and since then South African columnists and cartoonists, corporate managers and car guards, compulsive fans and casuals alike have been vexed by the same post-World Cup question: what do we do now? The immediate answer was stunningly simple. Back to the pitch! For […]
After two days of rain, a bright sun ushered in June 11, 2010: opening day of Africa’s World Cup. A neighbor was vuvuzela-ing at 7am. The girls played soccer outside while we did some chores around the house. Ate an early lunch, donned our makarapas, team shirts, vuvuzelas, grabbed a flag and headed out. Thabo […]
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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 […]