Itumeleng Khune might have summed up Bafana Bafana’s inferiority complex perfectly. The South Africans have a problem realising how talented they are‚ Bafana’s one reliable world-class performer said ahead of Saturday’s 2018 World Cup qualifier against Burkina Faso at FNB Stadium. Although‚ right now‚ even admitting a single Bafana player apart from Khune might be talented does not sit too well. They were so pathetic losing against Cape Verde twice in September‚ that to portray this crew of Premier Soccer League and obscure European club overachievers as anything more than that just seems wrong. Yes‚ these Bafana players can walk through a mall in this country and be mobbed. But does that make them special? Not when those same players‚ turning out for their country‚ forget where they are from. Once most of these players were that township kid idolising stars just like themselves. One contract at one big South African club or small European one and their clubs become everything and t...
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