Our website use cookies to improve and personalize your experience and to display advertisements (if any). Our website may also include cookies from third parties like Google Adsense, Google Analytics, and Youtube. By using the website, you consent to the use of cookies.

South Africa’s grannies kick out stereotypes on the soccer field

South Africa’s grannies kick out stereotypes on the soccer field

SIYABONGA SISHI WEARING blue tracksuits and waving their national flag, South Africa's Vakhegula Vakhegula soccer team jogged into the stadium to cheers ahead of their first match against Team USA. It was the first day of the Grannies International Football Tournament in Limpopo province, and this team - like the others - was made up of women aged 55 and up. Vakhegula means "grandmothers" in the Tsonga language spoken in South Africa. Advertisement · Scroll to continue "At my age, I think if I was not in this sport I should have been confined to a wheelchair," said 66-year-old striker…
Read More