The historic concert marked a crossing of times. From the depths of apartheid to an emerging rainbow nation, the birth place of the struggle opened its doors to the world for a harmonious celebration of the beautiful game.
I could smell the charcoal and spices burning from the adjacent parking lot and amidst the bustling chatter of patrons eating and jamming to classic rhythm and blues tunes, I found my group and secured a table for the feast.
Our newest contributor goes in search of big game — the kind you’re unlikely to find at Soccer City but for which South Africa is also justly famous — and finds some in Sterkfontein, a good deal closer to Johannesburg than Kruger Park.
Since I arrived three weeks ago, South Africa has welcomed me with open arms– and although I’m an American, there’s a special excitement I feel whenever I see someone waving a South African flag because I then begin to realize that the World Cup is really happening, that it’s almost here, and that I am actually going to be apart of the experience.
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