Javier Brandoli (Vap special envoy to South Africa)
This phase took the Bafana Bafana fans, proud of their team and have beaten France. Shosholoza, the song sung by the group of “bafaneros”, is a tune, sad, wearing black miners who went to work in distant mines of Rhodesia. Shosholoza means "go forward" in Zulu and hearing the song when sung by thousands of South Africans makes your hair stand on end. (in the Invictus película, The film opens and closes). Here is the original and translated lyrics:
Shosholozah (Go ahead)
Shosholozah (Go ahead)
At lezontabah (on those mountains)
Stimela siphum’ eSouth Africa (South African train)
Shosholozah (Go ahead)
Shosholozah (Go ahead)
At lezontabah (on those mountains)
Stimela siphum’ eSouth Africa (South African train)
Who’ uyabalekah (you go away)
Who’ uyabalekah (you go away)
At lezontabah (on those mountains)
Stimela siphum’ eSouth Africa (South African train)
A goal for believing in a dream…
Javier Brandoli (Vap special envoy to South Africa)
South Africa gets its first goal in the match against France. The Bafana Bafana fans mad and starts to believe in a comeback impossible. Thousands celebrate the first goal on the giant screen installed at the legendary Port Waterfront, with distant image of Table Mountain. During 70 minutes the dream seemed possible. Tomorrow we will publish a video that shows how they took the derrrota ...
