Boks have the weight of an anxious, fractious SA on their shoulders
SA is far too complicated a country for us to buy into national myths
29 October 2023 - 00:00
When I woke up this morning and swiped open my phone, the first message I saw was a video posted to WhatsApp by my aunt. The clip was a five-minute sizzle reel set to the soundtrack of Sister Bettina celebrating the might of the South African national rugby team and the fighting spirit of the grateful nation supporting them...
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