Retired defender Pierre Issa admits he struggled to sleep after scoring two own goals in Bafana Bafana’s 1998 FIFA World Cup opener against tournament hosts and eventual champions France.
Chef Wandile Mabaso is ridiculously low key. In an industry that has a reputation for huge egos and inflated reputations, he is almost Zen-like in his self-effacing commitment to the culinary arts and his belief in the transformative power of a national cuisine.
Last week’s press conference by Tourism SA over the controversial Tottenham Hotspur proposed sponsorship deal took me back to World Cup 1998 in France.
With 130 foreign-born players in action, and the impressive Moroccans fielding a mostly diaspora team, Bafana coaches should look abroad for new talent
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