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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...
View ArticleAfter 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...
View ArticleWhat’s in a shoe?
Izichwe thanks Viking Stavanger FC (Photo by Peter Alegi) From black high-cut steel-toe boots with leather studs to light, laceless pink boots with titanium studs, the history of football shoes is a...
View ArticlePeople Before Profits: Izichwe Youth Football
2010 was the year of Africa’s first World Cup, a historic year for South Africa and for the continent. An hour west of Durban’s huge Moses Mabhida Stadium, in the KwaZulu-Natal hills, every weekday...
View ArticleEducation Through Fútbol
Guest Post by *Liz Timbs This summer, I was granted the opportunity to work as a teaching assistant (with Hikabwa Chipande) for Peter Alegi’s online course Culture of Soccer. Part of Michigan...
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