What Soccer Means to South Africa

Street Ball in Soweto
The history of the township is closely bound with the story of soccer and rebellion. It was early residents of the district, migrant mine and farm workers, who set up the first teams in opposition to the whites-only leagues in the late–19th century. Massive protests in Soweto — riots from which it is said apartheid never recovered — were ignited in 1976 when police barred student protesters from rallying at Orlando soccer stadium.

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