Bafana Bafana’s resurgence has been forged where South African football always lives—between brilliance and the bizarre.
AFCON 2025
An African Cup of Nations at home for red hot Morocco is a chance to put past trauma aside and charge on to the world stage.
This year, instead of taking a publishing break, we will be covering the African Cup of Nations. To transition, we consider why football still matters in an era of enclosure, mediated presence, and thinning publics.